Meaning of the word adder in English
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adder
US /ˈæd.ɚ/
UK /ˈæd.ɚ/
Noun
1.
a small venomous Eurasian snake that has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and is the only poisonous snake in Great Britain
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Be careful when walking in the tall grass; there might be an adder.
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The naturalist identified the snake as a common adder.
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2.
a person or thing that adds something, especially a machine that adds numbers
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The old calculator was a simple adder, only capable of basic arithmetic.
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In digital circuits, an adder is a circuit that performs addition of numbers.
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