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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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