See also: +/-,
⁺,
𑀓, and Appendix:Variations of "t"
Translingual
Description
Two lines crossed in the middle: one vertical line and one horizontal line.
Symbol
+
- (arithmetic, algebra) addition, additive operation
- 3 + 2 = 5
- (mathematics) positiveness
- +5 is different than −5
- (informal) "or more"; indicates that a number is the minimum quantity or amount
- This project took 10+ years to complete. (10 or more years)
- (mathematics) from the positive side
-
is the same as 
- (mathematics) disjoint union, coproduct
- (mathematics, logic) exclusive disjunction
- (genetics) wild type
- (programming) string concatenation in some programming languages (that might be ambiguous with additive operation)
- "My name is " + name + ". I am " + age + " years old."
- (regular expressions) Detects one or more occurences of the preceding element.
- The string
ab+c matches "abc", "abbc", "abbbc", and so on, but not "ac".
- (chess notation) check
- A placeholder standing for the international call prefix in phone numbers.
- Sure, call me if you want. My number is +496919725.
- (medicine) affirmative result from laboratory test
- (electricity) anode
- North.
- For uses of the plus symbol as a superscript, see ⁺.
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:+.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (addition or positiveness): - or −, sometimes ÷
Derived terms
See also
Conjunction
+
- (computing) When placed between key names, indicates that they should be pressed simultaneously.
- Press Ctrl+C to copy!
- (informal) and
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:+.
Adverb
+
- (text messaging, slang) more
Usage notes