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integer

[in-ti-jer] / ˈɪn tɪ dʒər /




NOUN
numeral
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STRONG




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What mattered was mostly the initial integer, or what was “to the left of the decimal point,” rather than anything more exact.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

Quantum systems’ disruptive potential lies in their ability to execute Shor’s algorithm, or find the prime factors of an integer in polynomial time.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Accordingly, in the White House video, a +100 integer flashes on-screen when a mortar shell connects with its target, as if the president himself were landing trick shots on his Twitch stream.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2026

They can be treated as quasi-particles and carry integer topological charges.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2024

It is an even number, and it is the integer that precedes one.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Quantum computers can be used to solve problems that even supercomputers can only solve after a very long time or not at all, such as breaking down large integers into prime factors.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2024

And the box “What Are Imaginary Numbers?” should have said that rational numbers include the integers, not that “rational numbers are the integers.”

From Scientific American May 28, 2023

It is the same with the natural numbers and the integers.

From Scientific American May 23, 2023

“I’m so used to this kudzu sprawl of figurative language,” she said, “and simple can feel like ‘see spot run,’ but there are simple words like prime integers that carry so much meaning when sung.”

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2023

Even the rational numbers—the set of numbers that can be written as a/b for integers a and b—were countable.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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