addition

Definitions

1. 1.Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
2. 2.(Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
3. 3.(Mus.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.]
4. 4.(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.
5. 5.(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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building called?
• What is that part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers called?
• What is a dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.] called?
• What is 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 called?