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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Integer \In"te*ger\, noun [L. integer untouched, whole, entire. See {Entire}.] A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.
{Complex integer} (Theory of Numbers), an expression of the form a + b[root]-1, where a and b are real integers.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
integer
noun: any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero [syn: {whole number}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "integer": Gaussian integer, algebraic number, article, cardinal, cardinal number, cipher, collectivity, complex, complex number, defective number, digit, embodiment, entirety, entity, even number, figure, finite number, fraction, imaginary number, impair, individual, infinity, integration, integrity, irrational, irrational number, item, mixed number, module, numeral, oneness, ordinal, organic unity, pair, person, persona, point, polygonal number, prime number, pure imaginary, rational, rational number, real, real number, rectangular number, round number, serial number, single, singleton, soul, surd, totality, transcendental number, transfinite number, unit, unity, whole, whole number
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
integer (Or "whole number") One of the {finite} numbers in the infinite set ..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ... An {inductive definition} of an integer is a number that is either zero or an integer plus or minus one. An integer is a number with no fractional part. If written as a {fixed-point} number, the part after the decimal (or other base) point will be zero. A {natural number} is a non-negative integer. (2002-04-07)
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