quaddition

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noun

An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

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Meanings

nounquaddition (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesAn operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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