arithmetical addition

arithmetical addition

[¦a·rith¦med·ə·kəl ə′dish·ən]
(mathematics)
The addition of positive numbers or of the absolute values of signed numbers.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Thus we are very sensible of an atmospheric influence in men and in bodies of men, not accounted for in an arithmetical addition of all their measurable properties.
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