a. [ Gr. &unr_; gill + &unr_; to cover: cf. F. branchiostège. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. --
☞ This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchiæ. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Anat.) The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Branchiostegal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; predicate. See Category. ] (Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively;
n. The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. A. Marvell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. placed in a category. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n.;
The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is in modern literature a whole class of writers standing within the same category. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. deintegrare to impair; de- + integrare to make whole. ] To disintegrate. [ Obs. ]
a. Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; roof. ] (Zool.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. [ Homo- + categoric. ] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See Entire. ] A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number. [ 1913 Webster ]
Complex integer (Theory of Numbers),
n. (Math.) The quality of being integrable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Math.) Capable of being integrated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. intégral. See Integer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A local motion keepeth bodies integral. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Integral calculus.
n.
Elliptic integral,
n. [ Cf. F. intégralité. ] Entireness. [ Obs. ] Whitaker. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. integrans, -antis, p. pr. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrant. See Integrate. ] Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Integrant parts,
Integrant particles
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 ]
n. [ L. integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See Integer, and cf. Entirety. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Language continued long in its purity and integrity. Sir M. Hale.
a. [ L. integer whole + E. pallial. ] (Zool.) Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Integument. ] That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See 1st n-, and Tegument. ] That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Belonging to, or composed of, integuments. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. not integrated. Opposite of
n. [ Omo- + Gr. &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Portague. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ]