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   Plus (?), a. [L., more; akin to Gr. , , and E. full. See Full, a., and cf. Più, Pleonasm.]
   
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   1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus.
   
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   2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.
   
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   Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. Emerson.
   
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   Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.
   
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