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Definition of Addition

1. Noun. A component that is added to something to improve it. "The addition of cinnamon improved the flavor"

2. Noun. The act of adding one thing to another. "The addition of a leap day every four years"

3. Noun. A quantity that is added. "They recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

4. Noun. Something added to what you already have. "He was a new addition to the staff"

5. Noun. A suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area.

6. Noun. The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers. "Four plus three equals seven"

Definition of Addition

1. n. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

Definition of Addition

1. Noun. The act of adding anything. ¹

2. Noun. Anything that is added. ¹

3. Noun. The arithmetic operation of adding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Addition

1. something added [n -S]

Medical Definition of Addition

1. 1. The act of adding two or more things together; opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." 2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building. 3. That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. 4. A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. 5. A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of new York; a mark of distinction; a title. 6. Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; opposed to abatement. Vector addition, that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC. Synonym: Increase, accession, augmentation, appendage, adjunct. Origin: F. Addition, L. Additio, fr. Addere to add. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Addition

addictologists addictology addicts addies adding adding machine adding up addio addios addisonian

addisonian anaemia addisonian crisis addisonian syndrome additament additaments addition (current term) addition-deletion mutation addition compound addition mutation addition polymer

addition polymerisation addition polymerization addition reaction additional additionalities additionality additionally additionals additionary additions

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