Addition
Addition ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French addition, Latin additio, from addere to add.]
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.
(Mathematics) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
4.
(Music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [Rare]
5.
(Law) 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.
(Heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement.
Collocations (1)
Vector addition (Geometry) , that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC.