INTEGER
integer, whole number
(noun) any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; “an integer is a number that is not a fraction”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
integer (plural integers)
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {.., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
Synonyms
• whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero.
• integral number
Hypernyms
• rational number
real number
• Gaussian integer
quadratic integer
algebraic integer
algebraic number
Hyponyms
• natural number
• zero
Anagrams
• greetin', teering, treeing
Source: Wiktionary
In"te*ger, n. Etym: [L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See
Entire.]
Definition: A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a
fraction or a mixed number. Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), an
expression of the form a + bsq. root-1, where a and b are real
integers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition