dictionary helpLate 60's. Machine-oriented systems language used internally by Univac.
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1. <mathematics> 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)
3. <mathematics> Plus sign, the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.
Origin: L, more; akin to Gr, and cf. Piu, Pleonasm.
(11 Mar 1998)
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