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integral

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




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Atmosphere is integral to the film’s success, fashioning the quiet landscape of wintry Upper East Side Manhattan into an ambience far warmer than the biting New York cold.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Iraola's first home Premier League game was watched by incoming Liverpool vice-chairman Amit Bhatia, principal owner John Henry, and sporting director Richard Hughes, who was integral in getting the deal for Isak done last summer.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Those disciplines are integral to public health, not beneath or beside it.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

Supporters of maintaining TPS protections say beneficiaries have become integral parts of the community and economy and provide crucial services.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Segregation was such an integral part of the Southern way of life that it was, in a sense, invisible to whites, as unremarkable as the air they breathed.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Calculations involving proton vibrational wavefunction overlap integrals supported this interpretation.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

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

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

“Sometimes people come up with some deep mathematical insights into these Feynman integrals, but they actually don’t help you to calculate things,” says Ayres Freitas, a theoretical physicist at the University of Pittsburgh.

From Science Magazine Nov. 30, 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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