Adunarea

Adunarea is a Romanian noun with several related meanings, connected by the general idea of gathering or combining. It is used in arithmetic, everyday language, and, in institutional contexts, to denote a deliberative or legislative body. The term derives from the verb a aduna (to gather, collect).

In arithmetic, adunarea refers to the operation of addition, the process of combining two or more numbers to obtain a sum. It uses the plus sign and obeys commutativity and associativity, with 0 as the additive identity. The result is called suma. For example, 7 + 5 = 12.

In everyday Romanian, adunarea means a gathering or meeting of people or things. It can describe a social event, a crowd assembling for a purpose, or any collection of individuals in one place, as in o adunare de vecini sau o adunare informală.

In political or institutional language, adunarea can denote a legislative or deliberative assembly composed of representatives or delegates. In this sense, adunarea is a formal or historical term for bodies that debate and decide on laws, budgets, or policies, sometimes used in combination with a qualifying noun (for example, adunarea legislativă or adunarea reprezentanților).

Notes: adunarea is distinct in standard Romanian from terms like uniune (union) in contexts referring to the joining of sets or entities. Its precise meaning is determined by context: arithmetic, social gathering, or an official assembly.

See also: addition, suma, aggregation, assembly, legislative assembly, meeting.