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INTEGRATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups
Example:
integrated schools
Classified under:
Similar:
co-ed; coeducational (attended by members of both sexes)
desegrated; nonsegregated; unsegregated (rid of segregation; having had segregation ended)
interracial; mixed (involving or composed of different races)
mainstreamed ((of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes)
Also:
integrative (combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole)
joint (united or combined)
united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)
Antonym:
segregated (separated or isolated from others or a main group)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity
Example:
an integrated Europe
Classified under:
Similar:
co-ordinated; coordinated; interconnected; unified (operating as a unit)
embedded (inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole)
incorporated (introduced into as a part of the whole)
introjected (incorporated unconsciously into your own psyche)
tight-knit; tightly knit (closely and firmly integrated)
Antonym:
nonintegrated (not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Resembling a living organism in organization or development
Example:
society as an integrated whole
Synonyms:
integrated; structured
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
organic (being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Formed or united into a whole
Synonyms:
incorporate; incorporated; integrated; merged; unified
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb integrate
Context examples:
The integrated plasma concentration Cp of a tracer divided by the value of this concentration at the end of the integration time.
(Normalized Time, NCI Thesaurus)
NY-ESO-1 elicits a strong, integrated humoral and cellular immune response in a high proportion of patients with NY-ESO-1-expressing tumors and is under investigation as a cancer immunotherapy agent.
(NY-ESO-B, NCI Thesaurus)
Conducts and supports an integrated program of the highest quality genetic, epidemiological, behavioral, social, applied, and surveillance cancer research.
(Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)
Tests conducted on a complete, integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements.
(Device System Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
This interdisciplinary study integrated biology, physics and engineering to understand a complex natural behavior, and resulted in surprising insights that may lead to important bio-mimetic applications.
(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)
The cells contain a single integrated copy of the complete early region of the SV40 genome.
(COS-1, NCI Thesaurus)
Cell migration is the result of integrated disruption of cell-cell and cell-substratum adhesion and prevention of apoptosis through cell detachment.
(Mucosal Healing Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Issue associated with an electrical activity that exceeded the specified threshold limit of the internal integrated circuitry.
(Electrical Overstress Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
In a manner similar to that for microelectronics, microfluidic technologies enable the fabrication of highly integrated devices for performing several different functions on the same substrate chip.
(Microfluidics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Commonly used in integrated circuit fabrication.
(Microdeposition, NCI Thesaurus)
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