The Only Use of
integral
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The Giver
- He had been trained since earliest childhood, since his earliest learning of language, never to lie. It was an integral part of the learning of precise speech.
p. 70.7integral = necessary
Definitions:
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(1)
(integral as in: integral part) an essential part or characteristic
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Integral can refer to something that is contained within something else; or be used to refer to completeness, to integers, and to mathematical integration.