| integrant | Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. "All these are integrant parts of the republic." (Burke) Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division. Origin: L. Integrans, -antis, p. Pr. Of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. Integrant. See Integrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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