integral

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The fact that human rights obligations are 'integral' - and, thus, that they do not require reciprocity for states to be bound by them - actually creates a trend towards a truly objective legal order that no longer depends solely on the coordination of interests among states, but also subordinates states to certain sets of values.

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  1. adjective Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent: The kitchen is an integral part of a house.
  2. adjective Possessing everything essential; entire.
  3. adjective Mathematics Expressed or expressible as or in terms of integers.

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  • She does not, like many skilful vocalists, merely recite her musical studies, and dazzle you with splendid feats unnaturally acquired; her singing, through all her versatile range of parts and styles, is her own proper and spontaneous activity--integral, and whole. —  Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
  • How the massive killing of civilians (or massive terrorism) has been integral -- not accidental -- in the Zionist doctrine, and in the ruling ideology of the occupation state. —  body on the line
  • Along ac and bd the integral is zero because of orthogonality. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Along cd the integral is zero because cd is outside the solenoid, where the field is zero. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The fact that human rights obligations are 'integral' - and, thus, that they do not require reciprocity for states to be bound by them - actually creates a trend towards a truly objective legal order that no longer depends solely on the coordination of interests among states, but also subordinates states to certain sets of values. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin integrālis, making up a whole, from Latin integer, complete; see integer.

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  1. = French intégral = Provencal Spanish Portuguese integral = Italian integrale, from Middle Latin integralis, from Latin integer, entire: see integer.
 

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