integration meaning and definition

INTEGRATION noun

Definition of integration (noun)

1. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
   • synonyms: desegregation, integrating
   • antonym: segregation
2. the act of combining into an integral whole
   • "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"
   • synonyms: consolidation
3. an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined