# plus (addition)

when a thing is added to another thing

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain:   ·  Arena: 

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

**Through:** add operation adds one thing to another

**Novel properties:**
- new total
- greater amount

## Examples
- The International Space Station gained 2,771 kg when the Columbus module docked in 2008. *(engineering)*
- On April 14, 1912, 1,517 lives were added to the death toll when the Titanic sank. *(history)*
- Python’s list.append() method adds one element to a list’s length, like adding 42 to [1, 2]. *(computing)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-plus.addition*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-plus.addition.json*  
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