integers

noun

plural of integer
1
as in numbers
a character used to represent a mathematical value three is a positive integer

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2
as in objects
one that has a real and independent existence an event that is seen as the point at which the gay rights movement became an integer and not just a smattering of protests

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Recent Examples of integers Python, for example, is a popular programming language that is famously smooth at handling integers of any size. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026 When Ars first reported on AcuRite in May, AcuRite NOW lacked some features of My AcuRite, including the ability to rename multiple temperature sensors, report temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026 That’s because for 99% of human history, information arrived into brains mainly as whole integers – as people, things and events. — Owen D. Jones, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Instead of relying on traditional geometry tricks, the AI connected the problem to algebraic number theory, a deep branch of mathematics that studies number systems extending ordinary integers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026 Start with an abstract generalization of the integers called a ring. — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026 Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 However, using Shor’s algorithm for factoring integers, quantum computers can in principle rapidly crack even highly secure RSA-2048 encryption. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integers
  1. digits
  2. objects
  3. entities
  4. things
  5. substances
  6. realities
Noun
  • Wednesday is hot and humid with heat indices peaking in the triple digits.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • North Texas, another hot day is ahead, with temperatures reaching the lower triple digits and feeling like 104 degrees.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of digits
Noun
  • These lines can represent the paths taken by objects moving in two dimensions, like balls traveling around a billiard table.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Observed a mere 660 million years after the big bang, MoM-BH*-1 is among the earliest of these objects known.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of objects
Noun
  • The data center will still pay traditional property tax, as well as the business personal property tax to other taxing entities.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company has referred more than 200 entities to the FDA, the US Department of Justice, state attorneys general, law enforcement and professional licensing boards.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of entities
Noun
  • The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The month of August offers some respite, a chance to reflect and reset before September kicks things into gear once more.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of things
Noun
  • Inuspheresis—colloquially known as blood washing—is the newest therapy available at Lanserhof Tegernsee, selected for its ability to filter a wide range of unwanted substances from your plasma.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Mathis was issued a three-game suspension for violating the league’s substances of abuse policy.
    — Maura Carey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of substances
Noun
  • The definition of 'qualified' must evolve to address current realities, moving beyond static credentials to foster leaders truly prepared for today's complex challenges.
    — Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Over time, their purpose evolved into an elegant way to conceal a naked body while changing or to cover up a room’s less appealing realities.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of realities

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