addition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: addition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for addition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addition n a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" Synonym(s): addition, add-on, improver the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years" Antonym(s): deduction, subtraction a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" Synonym(s): addition, increase, gain something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" Synonym(s): accession, addition a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven" Synonym(s): summation, addition, plus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Addition \Addi"tion\, n. [F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add.] 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to {subtraction} or {diminution}. [bd]This endless addition* or addibility of numbers.[b8] --Locke. 2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building. 3. (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. 4. (Mus.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.] 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. (Her.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to {abatement}. {Vector addition} (Geom.), that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC. Syn: Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct.