4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plus \Plus\, a. [L., more akin to Gr ?, ?, and E. full. See
{Full}, a., and cf {Pi[`u]}, {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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
plus
adj 1: on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus
value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C
plus" [ant: {minus}]
2: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
[syn: {positive}]
n 1: a useful or valuable quality [syn: {asset}] [ant: {liability}]
2: 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},
{addition}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
PLUS
Late 60's. Machine-oriented systems language used internally
by Univac.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
plus
+
Common: {ITU-T}: plus; add Rare: cross; {INTERCAL}:
intersection.
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