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What's The Definition Of Sum?
[n] the whole amount
[n] a quantity obtained by addition [n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [n] a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [n] the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" [n] a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [v] determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [v] be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sum: add | add together | add up | aggregate | amount | amount | amount of money | center | core | essence | gist | heart | heart and soul | inwardness | join | kernel | marrow | meat | nitty-gritty | nub | pith | substance | sum of money | sum total | sum up | sum up | summarise | summarize | summate | summation | tally | tot | tot up | total | total | total | totality | tote up | union Related Terms | Find terms related to Sum: See Also | accumulation | advance | aggregate | aggregation | assemblage | assets | cash advance | cognitive content | collection | congeries | conglomeration | content | contribution | count | deductible | defalcation | direct sum | enumerate | figure | gain | haecceity | hypostasis | loss | mental object | number | numerate | payroll | paysheet | polynomial | purse | quantity | quiddity | quintessence | say | set | state | stuff | tell | unit | whole | whole thing Sum In Webster's Dictionary \Sum\, n. [OE. summe, somme, OF. sume, some, F. somme, L.
summa, fr. summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See
{Sub-}, and cf. {Supreme}.]
1. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes,
quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any
number of individuals or particulars added together; as,
the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation. --Num. i.
2.
Note: Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers,
and number to an aggregate of persons or things.
2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely;
as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. ``The sum
of forty pound.'' --Chaucer.
With a great sum obtained I this freedom. --Acts
xxii. 28.
3. The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the
amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of
all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and
substance of his objections.
4. Height; completion; utmost degree.
Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My
story to the sum of earthly bliss. --Milton.
5. (Arith.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be
wrought out. --Macaulay.
A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a
particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole.
--Gladstone.
A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums.
--Dickens.
{Algebraic sum}, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the
aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with
regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules
of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8,
and -1 is 5.
{In sum}, in short; in brief. [Obs.] ``In sum, the gospel . .
. prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids
every sin.'' --Rogers.
\Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.] 1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up. The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. --Bacon. 2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up. ``Go to the ant, thou sluggard,'' in few words sums up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange. He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden. 3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton. {Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a r['e]sum['e]; a summary. Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute. inA : A -> A+B inB : B -> A+B inA(a) = (0,a) inB(b) = (1,b) |
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