ADDITIVE

additive

(adjective) characterized or produced by addition; “an additive process”

linear, additive

(adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

additive

(noun) something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

additive (comparative more additive, superlative most additive)

(mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.

(mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.

Matrix multiplication is additive, in that \(M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w)\).

(group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.

(chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.

(genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.

Coordinate terms

• multiplicative

• subtractive

Noun

additive (plural additives)

A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

Anagrams

• davidite

Source: Wiktionary


Ad"di*tive, a. Etym: [L. additivus.] (Math.)

Definition: Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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