# addition (mathematical)

the result of adding numbers together

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: addition

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [add](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-add.operation), [number](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-number.quantity), [results](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-results.outcome)

**Through:** add combines numbers to produce a result that reflects their total quantity

**Novel properties:**
- total quantity
- numerical outcome
- sum formation

## Examples
- The 2020 U.S. Census recorded a population of 331,449,281, up from 308,745,538 in 2010, showing addition across a decade. *(demographics)*
- The Large Hadron Collider summed energy deposits from 40 million collisions per second to detect the Higgs boson. *(physics)*
- On April 14, 1912, the sinking Titanic carried 2,224 passengers and crew—324 more than the Carpathia could carry when rescuing survivors. *(history)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-addition.mathematical.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*