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Integer has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

"an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

2

Wikipedia

"When I asked the programmer to round up any fractional values, he simply returned an integer for each result."

In plain English: An integer is a whole number that has no fractional or decimal part.

"Please enter an integer between one and ten to set your timer."

Usage: Use integer to refer to any whole number that does not include fractions or decimals, such as positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero. Avoid using it for rounded approximations when you specifically mean a complete count without partial units.

Example Sentences
"Please enter an integer between one and ten to set your timer." noun
Related Terms
integral number continued fraction submultiple floating point number byte successor leyland number irrational negative indexing pronic totient bit compressed entier cototient common denominator frobenius number floor function abc conjecture wallace tree
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
number
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
characteristic divisor common multiple modulus digit large integer double digit population

Origin

The word integer comes from the Latin term for "whole," which originally meant something that had not been touched or cut. It entered English as a doublet of the words entier and entire, sharing roots with terms like tact and thwack.

Rhyming Words
ger ager iger jäger jager tager unger lager rager eiger agger tiger aeger wager huger coger suger niger rpger inger
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