Definition for IN'TE-GER

IN'TE-GER, n. [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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