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De - Pt| English Dictionary: plus sign | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for plus sign | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Plus \Plus\, a. [L., more; akin to Gr. [?], [?], and E. full. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Pi[97]}, {Pleonasm}.] 1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to {minus}. 2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. --Emerson. {Plus sign} (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity. | |
