Adicion

Adicion is a term found in some Romance-language contexts that denotes the act of adding something or the result of that act. The standard spellings in the main languages are adición in Spanish and adição in Portuguese; the form "adicion" without diacritics is common in titles, proper names, or as a loanword in non-native contexts. In English, the corresponding term is addition.

Etymology and sense

The word derives from Latin additio, from the verb addere meaning to add or to bring to. It has been adapted in various languages to refer to the process or result of combining items.

Mathematical usage

In mathematics, addition is the operation of combining two or more numbers to produce a sum. It is associative and commutative, and is typically denoted by the plus sign (+). Addition forms the basis of arithmetic and underpins many mathematical structures, from basic counting to more advanced algebra.

Other uses

In chemistry, adición (Spanish) or adiçao (Portuguese) denotes an addition reaction, where two substrates join to form a larger molecule, often across a multiple bond. In linguistics and grammar, the concept of addition can refer to the process of adding morphemes or words, such as affixation or compounding, as part of word formation or syntactic extension.

See also

Addition; adición; adição; adiçao.