The difference between Integral and Necessary

When used as nouns, integral means a number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed, whereas necessary means a place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

When used as adjectives, integral means constituting a whole together with other parts or factors, whereas necessary means required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.


check bellow for the other definitions of Integral and Necessary

  1. Integral as an adjective:

    Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable

  2. Integral as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.

  3. Integral as an adjective (mathematics):

    Relating to integration.

  4. Integral as an adjective (obsolete):

    Whole; undamaged.

  1. Integral as a noun (mathematics):

    A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.

    Examples:

    "The integral of <math>x\mapsto x^2</math> on <math>[0,1]</math> is <math>\frac{1}{3}</math>."

  2. Integral as a noun (mathematics):

    Antiderivative

    Examples:

    "The integral of <math>x^2</math> is <math>\frac{x^3}{3}</math> plus a constant."

  1. Necessary as an adjective:

    Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

    Examples:

    "Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet [[necessary]] that that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist."

    "It is absolutely [[necessary]] that you call and confirm your appointment."

  2. Necessary as an adjective:

    Unavoidable, inevitable.

    Examples:

    "If it is absolutely [[necessary]] to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account."

  3. Necessary as an adjective (obsolete):

    Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

  1. Necessary as a noun (UK, archaic, _, euphemism, usually with the definite article):

    A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.