quus

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/kwʌs/Northern England/kwʊs/

conjunction

Indicates the quaddition operation.

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Meanings

conjunction
  1. human sciencesIndicates the quaddition operation.

    But Kripke's dummy quus function is not the 'real' quus function.

    2012, Rupert Read, A Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes, page 83
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    So where '2' quus '2' equals “4”, and “4” quus '2' equals “6”, “68' quus '57' equals “5”.

    2013, M. Perlman, Conceptual Flux: Mental Representation, Misrepresentation, and Concept Change

Origin

To rhyme with plus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quus

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Cite this entry
APA

quus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quus

MLA

“quus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quus.

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