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
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 .
(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.
• multiplicative
• subtractive
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.
• 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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
