 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
addition
noun
1: 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}]
2: 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" [ant: {subtraction}]
3: 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" [syn: {increase}, {gain}]
4: something added to what you already have; "the librarian
shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the
staff" [syn: {accession}]
5: a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future
residential area
6: 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" [syn: {summation},
{plus}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Addition \Ad*di"tion\, noun [F. addition, L. additio, fr. 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.'' --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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
271 Moby Thesaurus words for "addition":
Anschluss, L, access, accession, accessory, accident, accidental,
accompaniment, accord, accretion, accrual, accruement,
accumulation, acquirement, acquisition, addenda, addendum, adding,
additament, additionally, additive, additory, additum, adjunct,
adjuvant, advance, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agglomeration,
aggrandizement, aggregation, agreement, alliance, also,
amalgamation, ampliation, amplification, annex, annexation,
appanage, appendage, appendant, appendix, appreciation,
approximation, appurtenance, appurtenant, as well, as well as,
ascent, assemblage, assimilation, association, attachment,
attainment, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, ballooning, besides,
beyond, blend, blending, bloating, bond, boom, boost, broadening,
buildup, cabal, cartel, centralization, closeness, coalescence,
coalition, coda, collateral, combination, combine, combining,
combo, coming by, complement, composition, concomitant,
confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation,
conjunction, connectedness, connection, consolidation, conspiracy,
contiguity, contingency, contingent, continuation, contrariety,
corollary, crescendo, dealings, deduction, deployment, development,
differentiation, disjunction, dispersion, division, dragging down,
earnings, ecumenism, edema, elevation, ell, embodiment,
encompassment, enlargement, enosis, equation, evolution, expansion,
extension, extra, extrapolation, fanning out, federalization,
federation, filiation, fixture, flare, flood, furthermore, fusion,
gain, gaining, getting, getting hold of, greatening, growth, gush,
happenstance, hike, hiking, homology, hookup, in addition,
in addition to, incidental, inclusion, incorporation, increase,
increment, inessential, inflation, integration, intercourse,
interpolation, intimacy, into the bargain, inversion, involution,
joining, jump, junction, junta, league, leap, liaison, link,
linkage, linking, magnification, making, marriage, meld, melding,
mere chance, merger, moneygetting, moneygrubbing, moneymaking,
moreover, mounting, multiplication, mutual attraction, nearness,
nonessential, not-self, notation, obtainment, obtention, offshoot,
other, over and above, package, package deal, pendant, practice,
procural, procurance, procuration, procurement, productiveness,
proliferation, propinquity, proportion, proximity,
putting together, raise, raising, rapport, reckoning, reduction,
reinforcement, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship,
rider, rise, secondary, securement, side effect, side issue,
similarity, snowballing, solidification, splay, spread, spreading,
subsidiary, subtraction, summation, summing-up, superaddition,
supplement, surge, swelling, sympathy, syncretism, syndication,
syneresis, synthesis, tailpiece, tie, tie-in, tie-up, to boot, too,
transformation, trover, tumescence, undergirding, unessential,
unification, union, uniting, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend,
upturn, waxing, wedding, widening, wing, winning
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