integrative
adjUK /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪ.tɪv/ · CA, US /ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪ.tɪv/
Etymology From integrate + -ive.
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Sciences Tending toward or promoting integration.
- an integrative approach
- Objective 1: Conduct integrative taxonomic research on adult and immature moths that incorporate morphological and molecular data to describe species and inform their phylogeny and classification.(Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
- Derived terms
- cointegrative, integratively, integrative medicine, integrativeness, integrativism, integrativist, integrativity, nonintegrative, osseointegrative, postintegrative
- Related terms
- integral