different between addition vs production

English

Etymology

Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Old French adition, from Latin additi?nem, accusative singular of additi?, from add? (“add, put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d???n/, /æ?d???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)

Noun

addition (countable and uncountable, plural additions)

1. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

2. Anything that is added.
3. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
4. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
5. (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".
6. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

Synonyms

• (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
• (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Antonyms

• (act of adding): exclusion, reduction
• (thing added): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
• (arithmetic operation): subtraction

Coordinate terms

• succession
• multiplication
• exponentiation
• tetration
• pentation
• hexation

Derived terms

• additional

Related terms

• add
• adder

Translations

See also

• plus sign (+)
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend strict sense) = (addend broad sense) + (addend broad sense) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference, remainder)
• multiplication: (multiplier, multiplicator) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Danish

Noun

addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)

1. (arithmetics) addition, act of adding

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin additi?, additi?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.di.sj??/
• Homophone: additions
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

addition f (plural additions)

1. addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
2. bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)

Descendants

• ? Turkish: adisyon

Further reading

• “addition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dodinait

Swedish

Etymology

Latin additi?nem, accusative singular of additio.

Noun

addition c

1. (mathematics) an addition

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French production, from Latin productio, productionem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). See produce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???d?k??n/

Noun

production (countable and uncountable, plural productions)

1. The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.]

2. The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration. [from 15th c.]
3. The act of being produced.

4. The total amount produced.
5. The presentation of a theatrical work.

6. An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.

7. That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).

8. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
9. (zoology) An extension or protrusion.
10. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)

11. (programming, uncountable) The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
12. (Scotland, law, in the plural) Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.

Derived terms

• productionise, productionize
• production line

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (purodakushon)

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin productio, productionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.dyk.sj??/

Noun

production f (plural productions)

1. production

Related terms

• produire
• produit

Further reading

• “production” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).