“plus or”

The following 2 entries include the term plus or.

plus or minus

adjective

: indicating a quantity whose algebraically positive and negative values serve to bracket a range of values either alone or when added to and subtracted from a given number

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plus or minus

adverb

: more or less, approximately

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