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Is there a proper English term for Z in this example?

a = [ 1, 2, 4 ]

b = [ 1, 1, 1 ]

Z = [ 2, 3, 5 ]

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You can say that $Z$ is the "pointwise sum of $a$ and $b$" or "coordinate-wise sum".

This can be seen as addition in a three dimensional vector space (or free module).