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A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.Macaulay.A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular pointis ipso facto fatal to the whole. Gladstone.A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. Dickens.Algebraic sum, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregateof two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to theirsigns, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra;thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.-- In sum, in short; in brief. [Obs.] "In sum, the gospel . . .prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin."Rogers.