nonintegral

adjective non·in·te·gral \ ˌnän-ˈin-ti-grəl \

Definition of nonintegral

1 : not of, being, or relating to a mathematical integer

nonintegral numbers

2 : not essential to completeness : not being an integral part of something

nonintegral characters in the story

First Known Use of nonintegral

1879

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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