To carry out the mathematical operation of → integration.
To add up photons when exposing a detector to incoming light through the telescope.
Etymology (EN): From L. integratus p.p. of integrare “to renew, restore,”
→ integer + -ate a verb forming suffix.
Etymology (PE): Dorostâlidan, infinitive of dorostâl, → integral;
dorostâl gereftan “to take (an) integral;” gereftan
“to take, seize” (Mid.Pers. griftan, Av./O.Pers. grab- “to take, seize,” cf.
Skt. grah-, grabh- “to seize, take,” graha
“seizing, holding, perceiving,” M.L.G. grabben “to grab,”
from P.Gmc. *grab, E. grab “to take or grasp suddenly;”
PIE base *ghrebh- “to seize”).