integer

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If the quotient n ⁄ k is not an integer, the minimum we are looking for corresponds to the rounded-up value because one of the drawers then inevitably contains this number of objects.

From Scientific American

A year is not an integer number of days, and it’s not an integer number of cycles of the moon.

From Scientific American

Sorting a list of names in alphabetical order, or finding the prime factors of an integer — that is what an algorithm does.

From Washington Post

Mathematicians aim to find out if there are any integer or rational solutions to the equations.

From Scientific American

It’s about watching “one righteous integer of cool cruising down a great-lipped / channel of hushed adoration, women turned girls / again, brightening in spite of themselves.”

From New York Times