"plus sign" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plus signs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plus sign (plural plus signs)
  1. (arithmetic) The symbol + used to denote the operation of additio1, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on. Categories (topical): Arithmetic, Symbols Synonyms: addition sign [symbol], plus [symbol], plus mark [symbol] Related terms: division sign, minus sign, multiplication sign Translations (mathematical symbol): عَلَامَة زَائِد (alt: ʕalāma(t) zāʔid) [feminine] (Arabic), عَلَامَةُ جَمْع (ʕalāmatu jamʕ) [feminine] (Arabic), պլյուս (plyus) (Armenian), плюс (pljus) [masculine] (Belarusian), плюс (pljus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အပေါင်းလက္ခဏာ (a.paung:lakhka.na) (Burmese), plustegn [neuter] (Danish), plusteken [neuter] (Dutch), plus-signo (Esperanto), plusmerkki (Finnish), signe plus [masculine] (French), plus [masculine] (French), პლუსი (ṗlusi) (Georgian), Additionszeichen [neuter] (German), Pluszeichen [neuter] (German), συν (syn) [neuter] (Greek), összeadásjel (Hungarian), pluszjel (Hungarian), segno più [masculine] (Italian), プラス記号 (purasu kigō) (Japanese), プラス (purasu) (Japanese), 플러스 (peulleoseu) (Korean), 쁠류스 (ppeullyuseu) [North-Korea] (Korean), signum additionis (Latin), плус (plus) [masculine] (Macedonian), 加號 (Mandarin), 加号 (jiāhào) (Mandarin), 正號 (Mandarin), 正号 (zhènghào) (Mandarin), ałná sitánii (Navajo), pus [masculine] (Norman), plusstegn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), plussteikn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), علامت جمع ('alâmat-e jam') (Persian), plus [masculine] (Polish), sinal de mais (Portuguese), знак плюс (znak pljus) [masculine] (Russian), плюс (pljus) [masculine] (Russian), आधिक (ādhika) [neuter] (Sanskrit), signo más [masculine] (Spanish), plustecken [neuter] (Swedish), tandang dagdag (Tagalog), tanda ng palaragdagan (Tagalog), аломати ҷамъ (alomati jamʾ) (Tajik), ధనసంజ్ఞ (dhanasañjña) (Telugu), artı (Turkish), плюс (pljus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dấu cộng (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
          "word": "ałná sitánii"
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
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          "code": "nn",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "'alâmat-e jam'",
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
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          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
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          "word": "आधिक"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "plustecken"
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          "code": "tl",
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          "word": "tandang dagdag"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
          "word": "tanda ng palaragdagan"
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "alomati jamʾ",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
          "word": "аломати ҷамъ"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "dhanasañjña",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
          "word": "ధనసంజ్ఞ"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
          "word": "artı"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pljus",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "mathematical symbol",
          "word": "dấu cộng"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plusstegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plussteikn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'alâmat-e jam'",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "علامت جمع"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "sinal de mais"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znak pljus",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак плюс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pljus",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плюс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ādhika",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "आधिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signo más"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plustecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "tandang dagdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "tanda ng palaragdagan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "alomati jamʾ",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "аломати ҷамъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dhanasañjña",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "ధనసంజ్ఞ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "artı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pljus",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плюс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mathematical symbol",
      "word": "dấu cộng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plus sign"
}
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  "msg": "no language name in translation item: Chinesi",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "plus sign",
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