additive

/หˆรฆ.dษช.tษชv/

IPA: /AE1 D AH0 T IH0 V/

noun
  1. 1

    A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

    โ€œOil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.โ€

  2. 2

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

adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.

  2. 2

    (of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.

    โ€œMatrix multiplication is additive, in that M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w).โ€

  3. 3

    (of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.

    โ€œIt is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.โ€

  4. 4

    Pertaining to chemical addition.

  5. 5

    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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