additive

See also: Additive and additivé

English

Etymology

From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.də.tɪv/, [ˈæ.ɾə.tɪv], [ˈæ.ɾə.ɾɪv]

Adjective

additive (comparative more additive, superlative most additive)

  1. (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
  2. (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
    Matrix multiplication is additive, in that .
  3. (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.
  4. (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
  5. (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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Noun

additive (plural additives)

  1. 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.
  2. (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

Translations

References

  • additive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • additive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Adjective

additive

  1. feminine singular of additif

German

Adjective

additive

  1. inflected form of additiv

Italian

Adjective

additive

  1. feminine plural of additivo
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