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Cognitive bias
Zero-sum thinking perceives situations as zero-sum games, where one person's gain would be another's loss. The term is derived from game theory. However
Zero-sum_thinking
Situation where total gains match total losses
Zero-sum game is a mathematical representation in game theory and economic theory of a situation that involves two competing entities, where the result
Zero-sum_game
Topics referred to by the same term
Zero-sum problem, Zero-sum thinking, "Zero Sum" (The X-Files episode) Monthly Comic Zero Sum, a monthly shōjo manga published by Ichijinsha "Zero-Sum"
Zero_sum_(disambiguation)
Parable by French economist Frédéric Bastiat
multiplier Tax choice Technological unemployment Uneconomic growth Zero-sum game Zero-sum thinking Bastiat 1850. Le Moniteur Industriel was a famous protectionist
Parable_of_the_broken_window
Personality trait
with low agreeableness are prone to selfishness, insincerity, and zero-sum thinking. Those who score low on agreeableness may show dark triad tendencies
Agreeableness
Director of strategy at CSET
2018). "Beyond the AI Arms Race: America, China, and the Dangers of Zero-Sum Thinking". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Wikidata Q123517027. Helen Toner;
Helen_Toner
Game theory scenario
Cooperative game Group-dynamic game Lump of labour fallacy No-win situation Zero-sum thinking "Ok Win". Ok Win Game. Retrieved 2024-10-03. "win-win situation definition"
Win–win_game
American political commentator and strategist (born 1980)
She argues that white Americans "have been steeped in the notion of 'zero sum' — that any gains by another group must come at white people's expense
Heather_McGhee
Non-market jobs used to reduce unemployment
theory Lump of labour fallacy Public works Rent-seeking Sinecure Zero-sum thinking Doeringer, Peter; Vermeulen, B. (1981). Jobs and Training in the 1980s
Make-work_job
French economist
people's attitudes towards climate change, trade policy, inflation, and zero-sum thinking. She has also published a widely cited practical guide to designing
Stefanie_Stantcheva
Misconception in economics about allocation of work
fallacy of labour scarcity, fixed pie fallacy, and the zero-sum fallacy—due to its ties to zero-sum games. The term "fixed pie fallacy" is also used more
Lump_of_labour_fallacy
Intimate relationship that is not strictly monogamous
Alicia N.; Meegan, Daniel V. (2017-04-03). "Wanting 'the whole loaf': zero-sum thinking about love is associated with prejudice against consensual non-monogamists"
Non-monogamy
Untrained intuitions about economics
of international trade and immigration. It has been suggested that zero-sum thinking is one of the most relevant sources of inefficient economic policies
Folk_economics
Feminist theory
too". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-30. "Beyond zero-sum thinking on gender". American Institute for Boys and Men. Retrieved 2025-12-30
Neofeminism
2018 book portraying artificial intelligence as an arms race
American magazine Foreign Affairs criticized the book for promoting zero-sum thinking and hyping Chinese state investment in tech ventures that often underperform
AI_Superpowers
Study of the development of social production
common economic interests have used politics and various forms of zero-sum thinking to effect changes beneficial to their interests. Political economy
Political_economy
Geopolitical narrative
authorities reproached to the US that the bill was “full of cold war zero-sum thinking”. The legislative bill is aimed at strengthening capabilities in the
Artificial Intelligence Cold War
Artificial_Intelligence_Cold_War
Prolonged period of slow economic growth
Decade The End of Work Business cycle Eurosclerosis Degrowth Recession Zero-sum thinking Easterly, William (1994). "Economic stagnation, fixed factors, and
Economic_stagnation
Divergence of political attitudes
public's political ideology, the mass media, political context and zero-sum thinking. Some scholars argue that diverging parties has been one of the major
Political_polarization
Independent think tank
"shared national identity, simplified regulatory regimes, avoidance of zero-sum thinking, re-established competence, individual responsibility, shared values
Bright_Blue_(organisation)
Mathematical models of strategic interactions
science and computer science. Initially, game theory addressed two-person zero-sum games, in which a participant's gains or losses are exactly balanced by
Game_theory
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
cognitive science Straw man Thinking outside the box Unreasonable You're either with us, or against us Zero-sum thinking Tomić, Taeda (2013). "False Dilemma:
False_dilemma
2007 studio album by Nine Inch Nails
Year Zero is the fifth studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Interscope Records on April 17, 2007. Conceived while
Year_Zero_(album)
Lowest possible energy of a quantum system or field
{\displaystyle \sum _{\mathbf {k} \lambda }{\tfrac {1}{2}}\hbar \omega _{k}} This state describes the zero-point energy of the vacuum. It appears that this sum is
Zero-point_energy
Video game series
entering the F-Zero Grand Prix, but the most well known character is Captain Falcon. The winner of the Grand Prix receives a huge sum of prize money,
F-Zero
Game of strategy
finish every move with a nim-sum of 0. This is always possible if the nim-sum is not zero before the move. If the nim-sum is zero, then the next player will
Nim
Quality of zero being an even number
that require the inclusion of zero. The fact that the additive identity (zero) is even, together with the evenness of sums and additive inverses of even
Parity_of_zero
Mathematical problem
chessboard, if the number of grains doubles on successive squares, then the sum of grains on all 64 squares is: 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ... and so forth for the
Wheat_and_chessboard_problem
Sum of an (infinite) geometric progression
the terms of the series approach zero (becoming smaller and smaller in magnitude) and the sequence of partial sums S n {\displaystyle S_{n}} converge
Geometric_series
Special mathematical function defined as sin(x)/x
informal picture of δ(x) as being zero for all x except at the point x = 0, and illustrates the problem of thinking of the delta function as a function
Sinc_function
Mathematical approximation of a function
infinite sum of terms that are expressed in terms of the function's derivatives at a single point. For most common functions, the function and the sum of its
Taylor_series
Framework aiming to provide a new way to think about how to organize human activities
through prescribed work. The management revolution brought by lean thinking can be summed up by describing jobs in terms of Job = Work + Kaizen Value through
Lean_thinking
Measure of a fixed-income instrument's sensitivity to interest rates
D_{\text{Mac}}\;=\;\sum _{i=1}^{n}t_{i}\,w_{i}\;=\;{\frac {\sum _{i}t_{i}\,\mathrm {PV} _{i}}{\sum _{i}\mathrm {PV} _{i}}}\,.} It summarises payment timing. For a zero-coupon
Duration_(finance)
System of rapid mental calculation
Subtract the remaining digits from 9. Add the neighbor to the sum For the leading zero, subtract 1 from the neighbor. For rules 9, 8, 4, and 3 only the
Trachtenberg_system
Expression which is not assigned an interpretation
exhaustive. In arithmetic, and therefore algebra, division by zero is undefined. Use of a division by zero in an arithmetical calculation or proof, can produce
Undefined_(mathematics)
Concept in social science
a winner and a loser (a zero-sum game) in a conflict, but was extended to cooperation (a win-win situation and a non-zero sum game), and lets users specify
Conflict_continuum
Background energy existing in space
possible energy, or zero-point energy of such an oscillator to be E = 1 2 ℏ ω {\displaystyle {E}={\tfrac {1}{2}}\hbar \omega \ } Summing over all possible
Vacuum_energy
Type of vector space in math
g\rangle _{H^{*}}=\sum _{i\in I}f(e_{i}){\overline {g(e_{i})}}} where all but countably many of the terms in this series are zero. The Riesz representation
Hilbert_space
Branch of mathematics
mathematicians and philosophers wrestled with paradoxes involving division by zero or sums of infinitely many numbers. These questions arise in the study of motion
Calculus
Confidence trick in which two con artists set up one victim
the money extorted from the victim. In game theory the term refers to a zero-sum two-person game of imperfect information (not involving a third player
Coin-matching_game
Theorem in differential geometry
sum of the defect is 2πχ. This is the special case of Gauss–Bonnet in which the curvature is concentrated at discrete points (the vertices). Thinking
Gauss–Bonnet_theorem
2002 manga and 2005 anime
illustrated by Yun Kōga. It is serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in thirteen tankōbon as of July 2017. Kōga
Loveless_(manga)
Statistical measure of association for two binary variables
four sums in the denominator is zero, the denominator can be arbitrarily set to one; this results in a Matthews correlation coefficient of zero, which
Phi_coefficient
Probability distribution
\beta \mid X)&=\sum _{i=1}^{N}\ln {\mathcal {L}}_{i}(\alpha ,\beta \mid X_{i})\\&=\sum _{i=1}^{N}\ln f(X_{i};\alpha ,\beta )\\&=\sum _{i=1}^{N}\ln {\frac
Beta_distribution
2.71828...; base of natural logarithms
constant π, it is transcendental, meaning that it is not a root of any non-zero polynomial with rational coefficients. To 30 decimal places, the value of
E_(mathematical_constant)
Principle relating to fluid dynamics
steady flow, the sum of all forms of energy in a fluid is the same at all points that are free of viscous forces. This requires that the sum of kinetic energy
Bernoulli's_principle
Stipulative definition of racism used in the United States
the process of racialization and that social power is distributed in a zero-sum game. The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (The People's Institute)
Prejudice_plus_power
Used to count, measure, and label
the notion of a number has been extended over the centuries to include zero (0), negative numbers such as negative one (−1), rational numbers such as
Number
Number that remains the same when its digits are reversed
{\displaystyle n=\sum _{i=0}^{k}a_{i}b^{i}} with, as usual, 0 ≤ ai < b for all i and ak ≠ 0. Then n is palindromic if and only if ai = ak−i for all i. Zero is written
Palindromic_number
Pattern-recognition performance metrics
{\text{Recall}}={\frac {\sum {\frac {2x_{i}y_{i}}{x_{i}^{2}+y_{i}^{2}}}x_{i}^{2}}{\sum x_{i}^{2}}}} F = ∑ 2 x i y i ∑ x i 2 + y i 2 {\displaystyle F={\frac {\sum 2x_{i}y_{i}}{\sum
Precision_and_recall
Type of integer in number theory
{x}{y}}+{\frac {y-1}{2}}}i.} Some of the terms in this sum may be zero or negative. However, if a term is zero it can be omitted and any negative terms may be
Polite_number
Probabilistic inequality applying on sum of bounded random variables
Hoeffding's inequality provides an upper bound on the probability that the sum of bounded independent random variables deviates from its expected value
Hoeffding's_inequality
Property of being an even or odd number
22 (an even number) and 13 (an odd number). In particular, the parity of zero is even. Any two consecutive integers have opposite parity. An integer expressed
Parity_(mathematics)
Formulation of classical mechanics
{\displaystyle \delta \mathbf {r} _{k}} , is zero: ∑ k = 1 N ( N k + C k − m k a k ) ⋅ δ r k = 0. {\displaystyle \sum _{k=1}^{N}(\mathbf {N} _{k}+\mathbf {C}
Lagrangian_mechanics
Tiebreaker used to rank sport teams on equal points in a league competition
Goal difference is zero sum, in that a gain for one team (+1) is exactly balanced by the loss for their opponent (–1). Therefore, the sum of the goal differences
Goal_difference
Aspect of learning procedure
signal. Robert A. Rescorla provided a clear summary of this change in thinking, and its implications, in his 1988 article "Pavlovian conditioning: It's
Classical_conditioning
viewing others as much more predictable. Zero-sum bias, where a situation is incorrectly perceived to be like a zero-sum game, in which any gain by one person
List_of_cognitive_biases
Language models designed for reasoning tasks
responses immediately, reasoning models allocate additional compute, or thinking, time before producing an answer to solve multi-step problems. OpenAI introduced
Reasoning_model
Number that, when added to the original number, yields the additive identity
This additive identity is often the number 0 (zero), but it can also refer to a more generalized zero element. In elementary mathematics, the additive
Additive_inverse
Measure of inequality of a statistical distribution
{\displaystyle {\sum _{i=1}^{n}\sum _{j=1}^{n}\left|x_{i}-x_{j}\right|}}{\displaystyle {2n^{2}{\bar {x}}}}}={\frac {\displaystyle {\sum _{i=1}^{n}\sum
Gini_coefficient
Physical quantity of hot and cold
how cold it is. Alternatively thinking, the ideal gas law refers to the limit of infinitely high temperature and zero pressure; these conditions guarantee
Temperature
Italian journalist and writer (born 1979)
2008. ISBN 978-03-7416-527-7 Zero Zero Zero. Milan: Feltrinelli. 2013. ISBN 978-88-0703-053-6 (in Italian) Zero Zero Zero. Penguin Press. 2015. ISBN 978-15-9420-550-7
Roberto_Saviano
Discrete-variable probability distribution
non-negative and sum up to 1, ∑ x p X ( x ) = 1 {\displaystyle \sum _{x}p_{X}(x)=1} and p X ( x ) ≥ 0. {\displaystyle p_{X}(x)\geq 0.} Thinking of probability
Probability_mass_function
Maximally symmetric Lorentzian manifold with a negative cosmological constant
ds^{2}=-dt^{2}+\sum _{i}dx_{i}^{2}} . Thus, the anti-de Sitter space contains a conformal Minkowski space at infinity ("infinity" having y-coordinate zero in this
Anti-de_Sitter_space
predictors have a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one. With this method of unit-weighted regression, the variate is a sum of the z-scores (e.g.,
Unit-weighted_regression
Set of finitely supported functions from a group to a ring
v ) = ∑ u ∈ G f ( u ) g ( u − 1 x ) . {\displaystyle x\mapsto \sum _{uv=x}f(u)g(v)=\sum _{u\in G}f(u)g(u^{-1}x).} The summation is legitimate because f
Group_ring
Law of thermodynamics establishing the conservation of energy
to another. In an externally isolated system, with internal changes, the sum of all forms of energy is constant. An equivalent statement is that perpetual
First_law_of_thermodynamics
Measure of dependence between two variables
{I} (X;Y)}{\mathrm {H} (X,Y)}}={\frac {\sum _{x\in X}\sum _{y\in Y}p(x,y)\log {p(x)p(y)}}{\sum _{x\in X}\sum _{y\in Y}p(x,y)\log {p(x,y)}}}-1} There exists
Mutual_information
Problems occur when managers cannot relinquish control, resulting in zero-sum (win-lose) outcomes for people and inferior results. In other words, one
Lean_higher_education
Counterintuitive observation
estimation, Richardson discovered what is now termed the "Richardson effect": the sum of the segments monotonically increases when the common length of the segments
Coastline_paradox
Method for representing or encoding numbers
symbol type represents one fixed value, and the value of a numeral is the sum of the values of the separate symbols. For example, the Roman numeral CCXXVIII
Positional_notation
Standard example in game theory
central focus of the 2012 video game Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and a minor part in its 2016 sequel Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma. In The Mysterious
Prisoner's_dilemma
Method of calculating an investment's rate of return
all cash flows (both positive and negative) from the investment equal to zero. Equivalently, it is the interest rate at which the net present value of
Internal_rate_of_return
Short story by Jorge Luis Borges
an ultimate ensemble containing all possible descriptions would in sum contain zero information and would thus be the simplest possible explanation for
The_Library_of_Babel
Statistical modeling method
^{2}}}\sum _{i=1}^{n}\left(y_{i}-{\vec {\beta }}\,\cdot \,{\vec {x_{i}}}\right)^{2}\right)\\&={\underset {\vec {\beta }}{\mbox{arg min}}}\sum
Linear_regression
Pictorial representation of the behavior of subatomic particles
ψ pair have the same k, the integral is zero, and it is easy to check that the sum over pairings gives zero in this case (there are always an even number
Feynman_diagram
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
time, and Goethe was "perhaps [...] the last human being to command the sum total of human knowledge." Writing for the Quarterly Journal of Speech in
Peter_Thiel
Framework for systems engineering
setting Privacy embedded into design Full functionality – positive-sum, not zero-sum End-to-end security – full lifecycle protection Visibility and transparency
Privacy_by_design
American science fiction TV series
"'Pluribus' Review: Vince Gilligan's Intrepid Sci-Fi Series Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 22, 2025
Pluribus_(TV_series)
2012 video game
scientists. The player's character, "Zero", is confused and dazed as they take him to a military-grade secure facility. Zero fades in and out of consciousness
Warp_(2012_video_game)
Comic book supervillain
offers Elliot the chance to cure his mother as well, provided he pays a large sum of money. However, Elliott is eager for his mother to die to inherit her
Riddler
Something that has mass and volume
was zero net matter (zero total lepton number and baryon number) to begin with before the annihilation—one lepton minus one antilepton equals zero net
Matter
Group of macroeconomic theories
capital then investment is equal to zero. Keynes interprets this as the demand for investment and denotes the sum of demands for consumption and investment
Keynesian_economics
Devaluation of money's purchasing power
economists favour a low and steady rate of inflation. Low (as opposed to zero or negative) inflation reduces the likelihood of economic recessions by enabling
Inflation
Economic model
minus all liabilities) necessarily is Zero. The same is valid for changes of claims and liabilities: Sum Δclaims = Sum Δliabilities Here the Global Sentence
Balances_Mechanics
American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015)
since the 1930s that every closed smooth manifold is diffeomorphic to the zero set of some collection of smooth functions on Euclidean space. In his work
John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.
Statistical measure of a test's accuracy
recall, and the lowest possible value is 0, if the precision or the recall is zero. The name F-measure is believed to be named after a different F function
F-score
Israeli historian, author, and political commentator (born 1965)
the ideal of equality and adopted a conception of gender relations as a zero-sum game. His interview with Jordan Peterson explored these themes, which he
Gadi_Taub
Theorem about the power of the likelihood ratio test
_{1}^{-2})\sum _{i=1}^{n}(x_{i}-\mu )^{2}\right\}.} This ratio only depends on the data through ∑ i = 1 n ( x i − μ ) 2 {\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}(x_{i}-\mu
Neyman–Pearson_lemma
Error-detection code for decimal digits
by this factor and then the products summed to decode the represented number (with an exception for the number zero). In Federal Standard 1037C, the weights
Two-out-of-five_code
Making predictions with available data
or equal to zero. Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE): M A P E = 100 ∗ ∑ t = 1 N | E t Y t | N {\displaystyle \ MAPE=100*{\frac {\sum _{t=1}^{N}|{\frac
Forecasting
Type of machine learning model
for token i ) ) {\displaystyle \log({\text{Perplexity}})=-{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{i=1}^{N}\log(\Pr({\text{token}}_{i}\mid {\text{context for token}}_{i}))}
Large_language_model
Extreme pride or overconfidence, often in combination with arrogance
one overcome by the act of hubris. This concept of honour is akin to a zero-sum game. Rush Rehm simplifies this definition of hubris to the contemporary
Hubris
Japanese manga series
(あまつき) is a manga series by Shinobu Takayama, serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum. A 13 episode anime adaptation produced by Studio Deen premiered on April
Amatsuki
Type of differential equation
j ∂ 2 u ∂ x i ∂ x j + lower-order terms = 0. {\displaystyle Lu=\sum _{i=1}^{n}\sum _{j=1}^{n}a_{i,j}{\frac {\partial ^{2}u}{\partial x_{i}\partial x_{j}}}\quad
Partial_differential_equation
Arithmetic procedure of verifying operations using modulo characteristics of digit 9
positive whole number, while optionally ignoring any 9s or digits which sum to 9 or a multiple of 9. The result of this procedure is a number which is
Casting_out_nines
Type of mechanical calculator designed to perform basic arithmetic
typically did not have or need 0 (zero) keys; one simply did not press any key in the column containing a zero. Trailing zeros (those to the right of a number)
Adding_machine
American businessman (born 1964)
company for $671 million (equivalent to $900,000,000 in 2025), the largest sum he had ever raised from selling some of his Amazon stock. On August 4, 2016
Jeff_Bezos
Influence that can change motion of an object
particle is zero (that is, the vector sum of all forces is zero). When dealing with an extended body, it is also necessary that the net torque be zero. A body
Force
Mathematical technique
In combinatorial mathematics, block walking is a method useful in thinking about sums of combinations graphically as "walks" on Pascal's triangle. As the
Block_walking
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Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, German, Greek, Kurdish
Empty; Void
Girl/Female
Latin
Mother of Asopus.
Boy/Male
Australian, Biblical, Danish, German, Swedish
Mame; Renown; Sun Child; Little Sun
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada, Korean, Telugu
The Sun; Obedient
Male
Spanish
Spanish name derived from Latin juniperus, JUNÃPERO means "juniper tree."
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Sun
Male
English
Short form of English Simon, SIM means "hearkening."
Male
English
Short form of English Humbert, possibly HUM means "bright support."Â
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name SOM means "orange (the fruit)."
Female
English
Short form of English Susan, SUE means "lily."
Boy/Male
Arabic
Empty.
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Antero, TERO means "man; warrior."
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, British, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Jamaican, Malayalam, Parsi, Sanskrit, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Told by God; God has Listen; To Hear; Sun; His Name is God; Sun Child; Little Sun; Strong Person; Heard of God; God; Good Person
Male
Italian
 Short form of Italian Raniero, NERO means "wise warrior." Compare with another form of Nero.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Root, that straitens or binds, that keeps tight.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Sun, Godly, Warrior, Brave, A musical note
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Fragrance; Flower; Sum; Total
Female
Greek
(ἩÏá½¼) Greek name derived form the word hÄ“rÅs, HERO means "hero." In mythology, this is the name of the lover of Leandros (Latin Leander).
Boy/Male
Hebrew American
Sun child; bright sun.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of German Erich, EERO means "ever-ruler."Â
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Arabic, Danish
Shield of Allah
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Wise; Intelligent; Understanding
Boy/Male
Hindu
Any
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Divine Fortune
Girl/Female
English American
Based on the initials J. C. or an abbreviation of Jacinda.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sunetra | ஸà¯à®¨à¯‡à®¤à¯à®°à®¾
One with beautiful eyes
Male
German
Frankish German form of Middle English and Old French Corbin, KORBINIAN means "little crow" or "little raven."
Boy/Male
American, Christian, Danish, Finnish, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Swedish
Appointed One; Placed
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Name of River
Female
Chinese
clever.
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n.
Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
n.
A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
v. t.
To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
n.
A cipher; nothing; naught.
pl.
of Zero
n.
The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
v. i.
To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
n.
A cipher; zero.
n.
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).
v. t.
To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
a.
Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.
v. i.
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
n.
The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
n.
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
pl.
of Zero
n.
A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
n.
See Gum tree, below.