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plus
1. indicating or involving addition
2. on the positive part of a scale or coordinate axis
3. indicating the positive side of an electrical circuit
4. slightly above a specified standard on a particular grade or percentage
5. Botany designating the strain of fungus that can only undergo sexual reproduction with a minus strain
6. a positive quantity

plus [pləs]
(mathematics)
A mathematical symbol;AplusB,whereAandBare mathematical quantities, denotes the quantity obtained by taking their sum in an appropriate context.

1.PLUS - Late 60's. Machine-oriented systems language used internally by Univac.
2.plus - +

Common: ITU-T: plus; add. Rare: cross; INTERCAL: intersection.


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