accumulative, cumulative
(adjective) increasing by successive addition; āthe benefits are cumulativeā; āthe eventual accumulative effect of these substancesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cumulative (comparative more cumulative, superlative most cumulative)
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
That tends to accumulate
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"mu*la*tive (k"m-l-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. cumulatif.]
1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; agregated. "As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, njt original." Bacon
2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds. The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. Trench.
3. (Law) (a) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence. (b) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. Bouvier. Wharton.
Cumulative action (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose.
– Cumulative poison, a poison the action of which is cumulative.
– Cumulative vote or system of voting (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; āthe area is well populatedā; āforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
