Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
MULTIPLICATIVE
multiplicative
(adjective) tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; “the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
multiplicative (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to multiplication.
(mathematics, of a function, etc.) Distributive over multiplication.
Matrix determinants are multiplicative; if and are square matrices of the same size, then .
(algebra) Having multiplication as an operator.
Noun
multiplicative (countable and uncountable, plural multiplicatives)
(grammar) A grammatical adverbial case in Finnish.
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ti*pli*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. multiplicatif.]
Definition: Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease numbers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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