INTEGRATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does integrated mean? 

• INTEGRATED (adjective)
  The adjective INTEGRATED has 4 senses:

1. formed or united into a whole

2. formed into a whole or introduced into another entity

3. not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups

4. resembling a living organism in organization or development

  Familiarity information: INTEGRATED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEGRATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed or united into a whole

Synonyms:

incorporate; incorporated; integrated; merged; unified

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity

Context example:

an integrated Europe

Similar:

co-ordinated; coordinated; interconnected; unified (operating as a unit)

embedded (inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole)

incorporated (introduced into as a part of the whole)

introjected (incorporated unconsciously into your own psyche)

tight-knit; tightly knit (closely and firmly integrated)

Antonym:

nonintegrated (not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups

Context example:

integrated schools

Similar:

co-ed; coeducational (attended by members of both sexes)

desegrated; nonsegregated; unsegregated (rid of segregation; having had segregation ended)

interracial; mixed (involving or composed of different races)

mainstreamed ((of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes)

Also:

integrative (combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole)

joint (united or combined)

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

Antonym:

segregated (separated or isolated from others or a main group)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Resembling a living organism in organization or development

Synonyms:

integrated; structured

Context example:

society as an integrated whole

Similar:

organic (being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms)

 Context examples 

In turn, phosphoryl 18F-fluoromethylcholine is integrated into phospholipids in the cell membrane as part of phosphatidylcholine.

(fluorine F 18 fluoromethylcholine, NCI Thesaurus)

These enzymes act to cleave and religate the joints between host DNA and integrated DNA.

(Integrase, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic elements propagated primarily through the germline, with a proviral structure, i.e. the chromosomally-integrated form of retroviruses and regulated by cellular processes.

(Endogenous Retrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist outside the integrated state.

(DNA Insertion Elements, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A device that exists separate from other devices; can refer to electronic components that are not part of an integrated circuit.

(Discrete Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, and/or perception of the environment.

(Dissociative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An integrated circuit containing multiple components.

(Microcircuit Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The MMTV promoter is organized into a phased array of six nucleosomes when stably integrated into mammalian cells.

(hSWI-SNF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The new device from UCLA can be integrated into solar panels to provide an alternative power source during snowy days when not enough sunlight makes it to the solar array.

(Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Ten weeks after the human iPSC-derived RPE patches were implanted in the animals’ retinas, imaging studies confirmed that the lab-made cells had integrated within the animal retina.

(Researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration, National Institutes of Health)