Definition of "total" []

• An amount obtained by addition; a sum. (noun)
• A whole quantity; an entirety. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or constituting the whole; entire. See Synonyms at whole. (adjective)
• Complete; utter; absolute: total concentration; a total effort; a total fool. (adjective)
• To determine the total of; add up. (verb-transitive)

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• "For the purpose of determining the total quantity of sulphur which the plants contain in their natural state, it is necessary to oxidise them by means of nitric acid; and from such experiments the following table, showing the _total_ amount of sulphur contained in 100 parts of different plants, dried at 212°, has been constructed: --"
• "Here and there a brief remark was appended to a date, usually no more than a single word: “double” occurring perhaps six times in a total of several hundred entries; and once very early in the list and followed by several marks of exclamation, “total failure!!!"
• "For example: volatile int total; mutex_lock (); total+ = 5; mutex_unlock ();"