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[in-ti-gruhl, in-teg-ruhl] / ˈɪn tɪ grəl, ɪnˈtɛg rəl /




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Physical and mental fitness are integral to Smith’s leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

She reached out to Raman’s team, and said the council office’s help was integral to Dia Natural Wine making its debut in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

In particular, the findings demonstrate the importance of integral field spectroscopy, which allows astronomers to examine how light and its spectral signatures vary across different parts of a galaxy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

It’s integral to Marie Antoinette’s tragedy, to making the viewer empathize with a girl who had no choice but to get in over her head.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

She answered the phones and distributed the mail in addition to her regular duties, which at the time involved solving a triple integral for an engineer in the division.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

These integrals help determine which excited-state relaxation pathways are favored and steer the system toward efficient triplet energy migration.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Calculations involving proton vibrational wavefunction overlap integrals supported this interpretation.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

For decades, researchers have depended on indirect computational techniques such as molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations to estimate configurational integrals.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026

Now, theorists in China have found a general numerical method to solve the integrals much more quickly.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2022

“Yeah! Susie herself. That robot’s a mathematical wiz. He knows all about everything plus a bit on the side. He does triple integrals in his head and eats up tensor analysis for dessert.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov


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