integer

[in-ti-jer] /ˈɪn tɪ dʒər/
noun
1.
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
2.
a complete entity.
Synonyms: integral, whole.
Origin
1500-10; < Latin: untouched, hence, undivided, whole, equivalent to in- in-3 + -teg- (combining form of tag-, base of tangere to touch) + -er adj. suffix
Related forms
noninteger, noun
Examples from the web for integers
  • Factor in the margin of error and he's in negative integers.
  • Zeroes are good because they don't affect the rest of us who are integers one way of the other.
  • Most current public key cryptography is based on the difficulty of factoring integers.
  • Another amusing text formatter incident involved the use of floats instead of integers.
  • Plot ordered pairs of integers and use ordered pairs of integers to identify points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane.
  • Add with negative integers, subtract positive integers from negative integers, and verify the reasonableness of the results.
  • So addition of integers can be used to simplify our description of the result of a string of moves.
  • Let warm color represent positive integers and cool represent negative integers.
British Dictionary definitions for integers

integer

/ˈɪntɪdʒə/
noun
1.
any rational number that can be expressed as the sum or difference of a finite number of units, being a member of the set …–3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3…
2.
an individual entity or whole unit
Word Origin
C16: from Latin: untouched, entire, from tangere to touch
Word Origin and History for integers

integer

n.

"a whole number" (opposed to fraction), 1570s, from Latin integer (adj.) "whole, complete," figuratively, "untainted, upright," literally "untouched," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + root of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). The word was used earlier in English as an adjective meaning "whole, entire" (c.1500).

integers in Science
integer
  (ĭn'tĭ-jər)   
A positive or negative whole number or zero. The numbers 4, -876, and 5,280 are all integers.
integers in Culture
integers [(in-tuh-juhrz)]

The whole numbers, plus their counterparts less than zero, and zero. The negative integers are those less than zero (–1, –2, –3, and so on); the positive integers are those greater than zero (1, 2, 3, and so on).