English Explanatory Dictionary

additive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
  2. That is distributive over addition.
  3. Whose operator is identified as addition.
  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.
noun
  1. A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
  2. A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

Pronunciation

/ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav [ˈæɾ.ɪ.tɪv] /ˈæd.ə.tɪv/ [ˈæɾ.ə.tɪv] [ˈæɾ.ə.ɾɪv] /ˈaɖɪʈɪv/ /əɖɪˈʈɪv/

Word forms

additive more additive most additive additives

Etymology

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

Synonyms

temper

Related words

additivity

Derived words

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