Plus (?), a. [L., more; akin to Gr. , , and E. full. See Full, a., and cf. Piu, 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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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