v. t. [ L. deintegrare to impair; de- + integrare to make whole. ] To disintegrate. [ Obs. ]
v. t.
Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To decompose into integrant parts;
n.
Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a more closely integrated economic and political system Dwight D. Eisenhower [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.
n. [ L. integratio a renewing, restoring: cf. F. intégration. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The symbol of integration is ∫ (standing for the Latin summa sum), and the integral is also regarded as the limiting value of the sum of great numbers of differentials, when the magnitude of the differentials decreases, and their number increases indefinitely. See Limit, n. When the summation is made between specified values of the variable, the result is a
adj.
n. (Math. & Mech.) That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. not integrated. Opposite of
a. [ L. redintegratus, p. p. of redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer. ] Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. redintegratio. ]
v. t. [ Pref. re- + integrate. Cf. Redintegrate. ] To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts of anything; to reestablish;
n. A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration. [ 1913 Webster ]