additive
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin additivus
[edit] Adjective
additive (comparative more additive, superlative most additive)
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- (mathematics) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
- Of or pertaining to addition.
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[edit] Noun
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additive (plural additives)
- A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter the results.
- Example: Oil may be used as an additive to gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine
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substance altering another substance
[edit] External links
- additive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- additive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
additive f.
- Feminine plural form of additivo