total /tōˈt(ə)l/

1. Whole
2. Complete, absolute
3. Including all
4. Co-ordinating everything towards one end

1. The whole
2. The entire amount

1. To bring to a total, add up
2. To amount to
3. To kill or destroy completely (chiefly N American slang)

(with to, up to) to amount to

totalitarian /tō-tal-i-tāˈri-ən/ adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of, a form of government that includes control of everything under one authority, and allows no opposition

A person in favour of such a government

totalitāˈrianism noun

totality /tō-talˈi-ti/ noun

1. The condition or fact of being total
2. An entirety
3. Completeness
4. The whole
5. The period during an eclipse when the eclipse is total (astronomy)

tōtalizāˈtion or tōtalisāˈtion noun

tōˈtalīzātor or tōˈtalīsātor, or tōˈtalīzer or tōˈtalīser noun

1. A system of betting in which the total amount staked (minus tax, etc) is divided among the winners in proportion to the size of their stake
2. An automatic betting-machine, the pari-mutuel

tōˈtalize or tōˈtalise transitive verb

1. To find the sum of
2. To bring to a total

To use a totalizator

tōˈtally adverb

total abstainer noun

A person who abstains altogether from all forms of alcohol

total allergy syndrome noun

A condition in which a person suffers from a collection of symptoms attributable to accumulated allergies to substances encountered in the modern environment

total body burden noun (radiology)

1. The summation of all radioactive materials contained in any person
2. The maximum total amount of radioactive material any person may be permitted to contain

total depravity noun

The theological doctrine that man is totally corrupt and completely dependent on God for spiritual regeneration

total eclipse noun

An eclipse in which the eclipsed body appears to be completely hidden

total football noun

A style of football where all players, including defenders, can be involved in attack

total heat noun

Enthalpy

total internal reflection noun (physics)

The complete reflection of a light ray at the boundary of a medium with a lower refractive index

total parenteral nutrition noun (medicine)

Hyperalimentation, the supply of essential nutrients intravenously to patients incapable of ingesting food normally (abbrev TPN)

total quality management noun

A system of management that aims at continuously improving the quality of goods and services while reducing costs (abbrev TQM)

total recall see recall

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