1. (

• integration ,
• integrating ,
• desegregation

) the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community ;

2. (

• consolidation ,
• integration ,

) the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them" ;

3. (

• integration ,

) an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined ;