ACCUMULATIVE

accumulative

(adjective) marked by acquiring or amassing; “we live in an accumulative society”

accumulative, cumulative

(adjective) increasing by successive addition; “the benefits are cumulative”; “the eventual accumulative effect of these substances”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

accumulative (comparative more accumulative, superlative most accumulative)

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass

Synonyms: cumulative, additional

Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*cu"mu*la*tive, a.

Definition: Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

– Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv.

– Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 April 2025

SUPERFETATION

(noun) fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; “superfetation is normal in some animal species”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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