total

noun

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

(informal, mathematics) Sum.

verb

To equal a total of; to amount to.

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

(transitive, US, slang) To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

adjective

Entire; relating to the whole of something.

(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

(mathematics, of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.

(mathematics, more generally, of a relation R on X × Y) Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.

(mathematics, of a partial order ≤) Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.

Roots

totustotal- · Latin · whole, entire

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Where does total come from?

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