PLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plus mean? 

• PLUS (noun)
  The noun PLUS has 2 senses:

1. a useful or valuable quality

2. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

  Familiarity information: PLUS used as a noun is rare.

• PLUS (adjective)
  The adjective PLUS has 2 senses:

1. on the positive side or higher end of a scale

2. involving advantage or good

  Familiarity information: PLUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A useful or valuable quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

asset; plus

Hypernyms ("plus" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plus"):

resource (a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed)

advantage; vantage (the quality of having a superior or more favorable position)

forte; long suit; metier; speciality; specialty; strength; strong point; strong suit (an asset of special worth or utility)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

addition; plus; summation

Context example:

four plus three equals seven

Hypernyms ("plus" is a kind of...):

arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)

• PLUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On the positive side or higher end of a scale

Context example:

a grade of C plus

Similar:

nonnegative (either positive or zero)

positive (greater than zero)

Antonym:

minus (on the negative side or lower end of a scale)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Involving advantage or good

Synonyms:

plus; positive

Context example:

a plus (or positive) factor

Similar:

advantageous; favorable; favourable (giving an advantage)

 Context examples 

In biochemistry, used to refer to the twenty-plus L-alpha-amino acids found in proteins.

(Amino acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Plus, past research on on the topic is mixed.

(Exercise before Breakfast Burns More Fat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It is made up of the monoclonal antibody ibritumomab plus the radioisotope indium 111.

(In 111 ibritumomab tiuxetan, NCI Dictionary)

A therapeutic DNA vaccine encoding the E6/E7 fusion protein of human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes 16 and 18, plus the immune-enhancer, Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand (FLT3L), with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(HPV E6/E7 DNA Vaccine GX-188E, NCI Thesaurus)

The minimum concentration between dose time and dose time plus Tau (at Tmin).

(Cmin, NCI Thesaurus)

In Lentivirus, a central strand displacement event consecutive to central initiation and termination of plus strand synthesis creates a plus strand overlap: the central DNA flap.

(Central DNA Flap Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

If your birthday falls on March 23, plus or minus five days, you will feel this new moon the most of any Aries.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It consists of a CAPSID plus enclosed nucleic acid.

(Nucleocapsid Protein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Eating chocolate may have some health pluses, but the research is far from certain.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal exhalation (IRV plus TV) as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Inspiratory Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)