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INTEGER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

an integer is a number that is not a fraction

Synonyms:

integer; whole number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("integer" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "integer"):

characteristic (the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2)

divisor; factor (one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer)

common multiple (an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers)

modulus (an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers)

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

double digit (a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99)

population (the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.))

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 Context examples: 

An integer that identifies the particular occurrence of a repeating activity.

(Performed Activity Repetition Number, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying the number of intervention groups.

(Intervention Group Quantity, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of a set of consecutive low valued integers of an ordered base data type.

(Low Interval Integer Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying the relative sequential or temporal ordering of this epoch among other similar epochs in a study.

(Epoch Sequence Number, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying the relative preference for considering this relationship before other similar relationships having the same source activity.

(Defined Criterion Group Option Relationship Priority Number, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying the relative sequential or temporal ordering of this relationship among other similar relationships having the same source.

(Defined Composition Relationship Sequence Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples include string, integer, and character.

(Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A number representing the outer diameter of a catheter where each integer represents 1/3 of a millimeter.

(French Catheter Gauge, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying the relative rank for one document before other similar documents having the same type of association to the same source document.

(Document Version Relationship Priority Number, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An integer that identifies any number of entities (members) considered as a unit.

(Group Number, NCI Thesaurus)