Dictionary

additive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈæɾ.ə.ɾɪv] (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈæɾ.ɪ.tɪv] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈæd.ə.tɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈæɾ.ə.tɪv] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
2. (of a function, usually) That is distributive over addition.
   • Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M#92;vecv#43;M#92;vecw#61;M(#92;vecv#43;#92;vecw).
3. Whose operator is identified as addition.
   • It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
4. Pertaining to chemical addition.
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.

Forms

Coordinates

multiplicative · subtractive

Deriveds

protoadditive · additivism · hypoadditive · pre-additive category · additive function · geoadditive · countably additive · food additive · additiveness · underadditive · additive inverse · subadditive · superadditive · additive operation · additive plural · additive combinatorics · interadditive · nonadditive · cycloadditive · additive number theory · additive category · adele · additive identity · additive manufacturing · additive color · overadditive · heteroadditive · additive group · additively

Relateds

additivity

Translations (9)

fi additiivinen (math: that is distributive over addition) · fr additif (math: that is distributive over addition) · pl addytywny (math: that can be added) · ru аддити́вный (math: that can be added) · pl addytywny (math: that is distributive over addition) · da additiv (math: that can be added) · mi tāpiripiri (math: that can be added) · pl addytywny (genetics) · fi additiivinen (math: that can be added)

additive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈæɾ.ə.ɾɪv] (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈæɾ.ɪ.tɪv] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈæd.ə.tɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈæɾ.ə.tɪv] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

phytoadditive

Synonyms

temper

Translations (41)

bg доба́вка (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · fi lisäaine (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · de Zusatz (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · nb tilsetningsstoff (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sh pridodatak (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · da tilsætningsstof (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · cs aditivum (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · fa ادیتیو (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · cmn 添加劑 /添加剂 (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sv tillsats (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · gl aditivo (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · nn tilsetning (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sh dodátak (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · da tilsætning (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · hu adalék (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · fa افزودنی (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · de Zusatzstoff (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · da additiv (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ru дополне́ние (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · fr additif (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sh prȋmjesa (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · nb tilsetning (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · nn tilsetjingsstoff (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · pl dodatek (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · es aditivo (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sh дода́так (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · de Additiv (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ru доба́вка (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ru присадка (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · he תּוֹסָף (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sh при̑мјеса (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ca additiu (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ja 添加剤 (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · pt aditivo (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · et lisaaine (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · hu adalékanyag (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · sh придодатак (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · eo aldonaĵo (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · it additivo (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ast aditivu (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) · ru добавле́ние (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties)