sum
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- noun
- /sʌm/
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unión
- In mathematics, the sum of all angles in a triangle is always 180 degrees.
Examples
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Can write this as a sum of two parts.
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Every number can be written as a sum of prime numbers as well.
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But notice it's a sum, it's not a product.
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Then we have the sum of an infinite series.
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Now Y is going to be the sum of a subset.
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So this is the sum of the singular values.
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Thus, the sum of the proportion of woodland and the proportion of open land is always one.
Academic text (2017) -
Reserve accumulation is fully explained by the sum of the current account and the capital account.
Blog text (18) -
And it says that the square on the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
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To find the sum of two sets, combine all elements from both groups.
Synonyms
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The set that contains every item from two or more sets
Compounds
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A single large payment that you get all at once instead of in smaller parts
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A way of joining two sets or spaces so each new item has one part from each
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Original amount of money someone lends or invests that people pay interest on
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The result of adding two or more arrows that show direction and size, such as forces and movements
Surface Forms
Etymology
In math, the sum of sets means the collection of all their members; this use comes from Latin summa 'total' because you gather every element together into one complete set.