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[Lat. = an addition, an increase.] Old Anat.: That method of joining bone to bone which is called epiphysis. [EPIPHYSIS.] ad-di-tion, s. [In Ger. and Fr. addition ; Ital. addizione : fr. Lat. additio ; addo = to put to.] [ADD.] I. The act of adding (a) An arithmetical number, an algebraic term, or, more generally, anything to another of the same kind. "The infinite distance between the Creator and the noblest of all creatures can never be measured, nor exhausted by endle addition of finite degrees."- Bent . (b) Anything to one of a different kind, as "this addition of insult to injury." II. The state of being added to. "Their common object was to collect the memorials preserved in the different nations and cities, whether in sacred or civil depositories, and to publish them for general information, in the form in which they were obtained, without addition or subtraction."-Lewis: Early Rom . Hist ., ch. xiv. III. The thing added. (a) Ordinary Language: An arithmetical number, an algebraic term, or anything added to another of the same kind or to something else of a different character. "Such a kingdom, had it been contiguous to Provence, would indeed have been a most formidable addition to the French monarchy."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xxiv. "They are not mentioned by Livy, and probably formed no part of the Licinian law, but were add i tions of a subsequent date."-Lewis: Early Rom . Hist., ch. xiii. IMG:content-0158.png:[blocks in formation] "A. B., Esq., of" [naming his estate], all after the Christian name A. and the surname B. is an addition. In Scotland the term designation is generally used instead of add i tion. 3. Her . Something added to a coat of arms as a mark of honour, as, for instance, a bordure, a quarter, a canton, a gyron, or a pile. It is opposed to ABATEMENT. [ABATEMENT.] ( Lit. and fig .) " Ajax . I thank thee, Hector: Thou art too gentle, and too free a man: I came to kill thee, cousin, and bear hence A great addition earned in thy death." Shakesp. Troilus and Cre ida , iv. 5. "They clepe us drunkards, and with swinish phrase Soil our addition ; and indeed it takes From our achievements." Shakesp. Hamlet , i. 4. 4. Music : A dot placed at the right side of a note, to indicate that it is to be lengthened one half. Thus is a crotchet and a half, not simply a crotchet. 5. Distillation: Anything added to a wash or liquor when it is in a state of fermentation.