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(Latin: whole, complete)
Fidelitas, veritas, integritas. (Latin motto)
Translation: "Fidelity, truth, integrity."
Motto of Salmon P. Chase College of Law of Northtern Kentucky University, Covington, Kentucky, USA.
1. A member of the set of positive whole numbers (1, 2, 3, etc), negative whole numbers (-1, -2, -3, etc.), and zero (0).
2. A complete entity or unit.
3. Etymology: "whole, entire", from Latin integer, "whole"; literally, "intact, untouched", from in- "not" + root of tangere, "to touch".
2. A complete entity or unit.
3. Etymology: "whole, entire", from Latin integer, "whole"; literally, "intact, untouched", from in- "not" + root of tangere, "to touch".
integral (adjective)
1. Essential for completeness; having everything required; entire.
2. A complete unit; whole.
2. A complete unit; whole.
integrally (adverb)
integrate (verb), integrates; integrated; integrating
To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; to unify.
integrated circuit, IC
A microelectronic semiconductor device comprising many interconnected transistors and other components. Most RFID tags have ICs.
1. The act or process of bringing people of different racial or ethnic groups into unrestricted and equal association, as within a society or an organization; desegregation.
2. The organization of the psychological or social characteristics and tendencies of a personality into a harmonious whole.
3. The process of placing more than one complete electric circuit on a single chip.
2. The organization of the psychological or social characteristics and tendencies of a personality into a harmonious whole.
3. The process of placing more than one complete electric circuit on a single chip.
integration, segregation
integration (in" ti GRAY shuhn) (noun)
The incorporation of individuals as equals into the mainstream of a social organization: The new law will ensure the integration of all students who attend school.
segregation (seg" ri GAY shuhn) (noun)
1. The practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, genders, etc., separate from each other: Parents fought to end the segregation of students in the public schools.
2. The enforced separation of groups in a manner that is discriminatory: The laws governing school segregation of children in classes have been declared illegal.
2. The enforced separation of groups in a manner that is discriminatory: The laws governing school segregation of children in classes have been declared illegal.
Some school boards are considering a new policy of segregation of boys and girls; however, the lawyers noted that the law of the country ensures total integration of all school children, including both genders.
Integrias, veritas, dignitas. (Latin motto)
Translation: "Integrity, truth, dignity."
Motto of Indiana Northern Graduate School of Professional Management, USA.
1. A firm adherence to a code or standard of values: James was always striving to behave and have an integrity that people trusted and respected.
2. The state of being unimpaired and physically sound: Architects should make sure they provide excellent structural integrity in their constructions or buildings so that they don't fall down!
3. The quality or condition of being undivided, a completeness: The territorial integrity, goodness, and reputability of all nations would be respected within that nation and by the other nations in the world.
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2. The state of being unimpaired and physically sound: Architects should make sure they provide excellent structural integrity in their constructions or buildings so that they don't fall down!
3. The quality or condition of being undivided, a completeness: The territorial integrity, goodness, and reputability of all nations would be respected within that nation and by the other nations in the world.
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redintegrate (verb), redintegrates; redintegrated; redintegrating
1. To restore to a state of wholeness, completeness or unity; to renew, re-establish, in a united or perfect state.
2. To become united again.
2. To become united again.
Scientia, integritas.
Knowledge, integrity.
Motto of Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA.
sphere photometer, integrating-sphere photometer
An instrument for measuring the total luminous flux of a lamp or luminaire; the source is placed inside a sphere whose inside surface has a diffusely reflecting white finish, and the light reflected from this surface onto a window is measured by an ordinary photometer.
1. An apparatus for recording environmental warmth.
2. An instrument used to create a thermal model of an environment, measuring the warmth and coldness as it might be experienced by a living organism in that environment.
3. Any device for assessing the effective warmth or coldness of an environment as it might be experienced by a living organism, taking into account radiation and convection as well as conduction.
2. An instrument used to create a thermal model of an environment, measuring the warmth and coldness as it might be experienced by a living organism in that environment.
3. Any device for assessing the effective warmth or coldness of an environment as it might be experienced by a living organism, taking into account radiation and convection as well as conduction.
Conceived of as a thermal model of an organism, the device usually consists of a standard object (for example; a sphere, a cylinder), the surface temperature of which is measured while it is being heated internally at a standard rate.
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