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1. adding

   Addition (usually signified by the plus symbol +) is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the other three being subtraction, multiplication and division. The addition of two whole numbers results in the total amount or sum of those values combined. The example in the adjacent image shows a combination of three apples and two apples, making a total of five apples. This observation is equivalent to the mathematical expression "3 + 2 = 5" (that is, "3 plus 2 is equal to 5"). Besides counting items, addition can also be defined and executed without referring to concrete objects, using abstractions called numbers instead, such as integers, real numbers and complex numbers. Addition belongs to arithmetic, a branch of mathematics. In algebra, another area of mathematics, addition can also be performed on abstract objects such as vectors, matrices, subspaces and subgroups. Addition has several important properties. It is commutative, meaning that the order of the operands does not matter, and it is associative, meaning that when one adds more than two numbers, the order in which addition is performed does not matter (see Summation). Repeated addition of 1 is the same as counting (see Successor function). Addition of 0 does not change a number. Addition also obeys predictable rules concerning related operations such as subtraction and multiplication. Performing addition is one of the simplest numerical tasks to do. Addition of very small numbers is accessible to toddlers; the most basic task, 1 + 1, can be performed by infants as young as five months, and even some members of other animal species. In primary education, students are taught to add numbers in the decimal system, starting with single digits and progressively tackling more difficult problems. Mechanical aids range from the ancient abacus to the modern computer, where research on the most efficient implementations of addition continues to this day.

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1. Adding

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   Rank popularity for the word 'adding' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3168

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   Rank popularity for the word 'adding' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3428

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adding in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of adding in a Sentence

1. Christian Kemp-Griffin:

   Curran is a material that is derived from nanocellulose particles - root vegetables, now when you get down to that very, very small size you actually get incredible strength properties. So when we put the resulting product that we have into other products, as an additive that goes into other products, it actually adds strength to those products, as well as adding viscosity, and there is no other product that will do both things at the same time.

2. Brian Wansink:

   These findings are important to dieters because they show that promoting adventurous eating may provide a way for people– especially women– to lose or maintain weight without feeling restricted by a strict diet, instead of sticking with the same boring salad, start by adding something new.

3. Joel Widenor:

   In addition to adding on to the snow pack in the northern Plains, it's also a persistently cold pattern going forward.

4. Ross Gerber:

   When we build a portfolio, Tesla will be a part of it. But what we'll probably be doing is adding more on the convertible side not on the equity side.

5. President Gwynne Shotwell:

   It's not like adding a component to your stereo system, that engine is integral to overall design and architecture of your rocket.

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