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Calculating the sum of two or more numbers
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addition
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinammon improved the flavor" [syn: add-on , improver ] the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "action of adding numbers;" c.1400, "that which is added," from Old French adition "increase, augmentation" (13c.), from Latin additionem (nominative additio ) "an adding to, addition," noun of action from past participle stem of addere (see ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE late ▪ The latest addition is International Blue Shield, aiming to provide rapid reaction teams when an unexpected threat emerges. ▪ Maybe these lines were a late addition - though the dialogue seems curiously inconclusive ...
Usage examples of addition.
An attempt to abscond could mean three months and a hundred lashes in addition.
It seems likely that she, too, was mercilessly abused just as her predecessors had been abused, with the addition of new and even more horrifying variations.
The addition of a little sodium acetate to the solution after the final neutralising has a good effect.
Next add a strong solution of sodium acetate, until the solution ceases to darken on further addition, then dilute with water to half a litre.
The addition of potassium chromate to the acetate solution reprecipitates the lead as a yellow chromate.
The determination is rendered sharper and less liable to error by the addition of a few drops of acetic acid to convert the chromate into bichromate.
If acetic acid is used instead of nitric in the first instance this addition of water is unnecessary.
The bismuth is precipitated by the addition of ammonic carbonate, and the solution, after filtering and acidifying with nitric acid, is re-electrolysed.
In addition, a fledgling has to contend with the devastating effect of daylight, the ability to see, hear and smell things way beyond mortal capabilities, and an extraordinary mental acuity to mold mortal minds.
At first Mr Passant, the post-master, made some difficulties but at last he consented and to my surprise he handed me, in addition to a letter for my mother, one addressed to Bissett.
In addition to the pass, the adjoint had given Leigh a note to his cousin.
Its efficacy may be increased in this disease by adding to each bottle one ounce of the acetate of potash, and, when thus modified, it may be administered in the same manner as if no addition had been made to it.
In addition, because businesses in the enclosed center no longer had to advertise to passing car traffic, their storefronts could be more subdued and harmonious.
In addition to the news, weather and traffic, you receive advertised messages.
The arena of advertising In addition to traditional outdoor billboards, aerial advertising, shelters and transit, another popular forum for business advertising is sports arenas.