On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:41 am, bob gailer wrote:
>> Help on built-in function floor in module math:
>>
>> floor(...)
>> floor(x)
>>
>> Return the floor of x as an Integral.
>> This is the largest integer <= x.
[...]
> I was surprised by the use of "integral". A dictionary search does not
> (IMHO) support this usage!
Integral \In"te*gral\, a. [Cf. F. int['e]gral. See Integer.]
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1. Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect;
uninjured; whole; entire.
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A local motion keepeth bodies integral. --Bacon.
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2. Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part;
pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant.
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Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two
great integral parts that complete this duty.
--South.
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3. (Math.)
(a) Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or
undivided quantity; not fractional.
(b) Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the
integral calculus.
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