additive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).
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Adjective[edit]
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.
- It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
- (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.
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Translations[edit]
math: that can be added
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math: that is distriutive over addition
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Noun[edit]
additive (plural additives)
- A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
- Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.
- (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.
Translations[edit]
substance added to another substance to produce certain properties
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References[edit]
- additive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- additive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Further reading[edit]
Additive genetic effects on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Additive polynomial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Additive utility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Freshman's dream on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (In which the function ƒ(x) = xn is erroneously thought to be additive.)
Weakly additive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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French[edit]
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Audio (CAN) (file)
Adjective[edit]
additive
German[edit]
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Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
additive
- inflection of additiv:
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
additive
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