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Webster 1913 Edition

Integer

In′te-ger

,
Noun.
[L.
integer
untouched, whole, entire. See
Entire
.]
A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.
Complex integer
(Theory of Numbers)
,
an expression of the form
a + b√-1
, where a and b are real integers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Integer

IN'TEGER

,
Noun.
[L. See Entire.] The whole of any thing; particularly, in arithmetic, a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction. Thus in the number 54.7, in decimal arithmetic, 54 is an integer,and 7 a fraction, or seven tenths of a unit.

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