An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“communi...
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Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.
Defined on all possible inputs.
The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.