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carry
the distance travelled by a ball, etc., esp (in golf) the distance from where the ball is struck to where it first touches the ground

carry [′karĀ·ē]
(mathematics)
An arithmetic operation that occurs in the course of addition when the sum of the digits in a given position equals or exceeds the base of the number system; a multiplemof the base is subtracted from this sum so that the remainder is less than the base, and the numbermis then added to the next-higher-order digit.


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