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• Usually integration is the construction of an object, a theory, etc. from separate more limited parts. The result is something composite or integral.

• Racial integration or simply "integration", in United States usage, can simply mean desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation), but more properly refers actual social and cultural behavior rather than legalities.

• Regional integration is the integration of several countries' markets, trade policies, or other policies originally subject only to sovreign states' decisions in common supranational institutions. An example is the founding of the European Community, now known as the European Union.

• A similar notion also in international politics, is the absorption of a smaller entity by a larger or more powerful one (e.g. the integration of Tibet into China).

• In mathematics integral has several meanings:

• In calculus, the integral of a function is the area below its graph. See integralThis article deals with the concept of an integral in mathematical calculus. For other meanings of "integral" see integration. In calculus, the integral of a function is a generalization of area, mass, volume, sum, and total. Unlike the process of differe.
• A real numberIn mathematics, the real numbers are intuitively defined as numbers that are in one-to-one correspondence with the points on an infinite line—the number line. The term "real number" is a retronym coined in response to " imaginary number". Real numbers may is "integral" if it is an integerThe integers consist of the positive natural numbers (1, 2, 3, …) the negative natural numbers (−1, −2, −3,. and the number zero. The set of all integers is usually denoted in mathematics by Z (or Z in blackboard bold, ), which st.
• The integral value of a real numberIn mathematics, the real numbers are intuitively defined as numbers that are in one-to-one correspondence with the points on an infinite line—the number line. The term "real number" is a retronym coined in response to " imaginary number". Real numbers may x is defined as the largest integer which is less than, or equal to, x. The integral value of x is often denoted by and called the floor functionIn mathematics, the floor function is the function defined as follows: for a real number x floor x is the largest integer less than or equal to x''. For example, floor(2. 9) 2, floor(-2) -2 and floor(-2. The floor function is also denoted by x or. A more.
• In abstract algebraAbstract algebra Abstract algebra is the field of mathematics concerned with the study of algebraic structures such as groups, rings and fields. The term "abstract algebra" is used to distinguish the field from " elementary algebra" or "high school algebr, an integral domain is a commutative ringIn ring theory, a branch of abstract algebra, a commutative ring is a ring in which the multiplication operation obeys the commutative law. This means that if a and b are any elements of the ring, and if the multiplication operation is written as then a ' with 0 ≠ 1 in which the product of any two non-zero elements is always non-zero. Integral domains are generalizations of the integers.
• In number theoryTraditionally, number theory is that branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of integers and contains many open problems that are easily understood even by non-mathematicians. More generally, the field has come to be concerned with a wide, an element of a number field is called integral if it is an algebraic integer.

• An electrical circuit, see integrator.

• Very-large-scale integration was a step in semiconductor technology.

• Computer telephony integration, as a step in telephone technology.

• In microeconomics and strategic management, horizontal integration and vertical integration each refer to a style of ownership and control.

• In certain branches of philosophy, Integral means comprehensive or holistic. More information can be found at the entries: Aurobindo, Ken Wilber, Integral (philosophy), and Integral politics.

• In sociology, "social integration" can refer to a person's level of attachment to a social group. (See Emile Durkheim).

• Computer systems integration .

• A rather arcane concept in securities law, where multiple offerings are "integrated" into a single offering.