tau tōpū
1. (noun) integer.
Ko ngā tau tōpū ngā tauoti tōrunga, ngā tauoti tōraro, me te '0'. Arā, ko te huinga tau nei: {... -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...}. Karekau he hautanga i roto i te huinga o ngā tau tōpū (TRP 2010:284). / Integers are the set of positive whole numbers, negative whole numbers and zero. There are no fractions in the set of integers (TRP 2010:284).