Meaning of ADDITIVE
Pronunciation: | | 'aditiv
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
- [adj] characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"
- [adj] (mathematics) directly proportional
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ADDITIVE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | accumulative, addable, addible, bilinear, cumulative, linear, summational, summative |
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| Antonyms: | | nonlinear, subtractive | |
| See Also: | | addition, adjuvant, artificial additive, food additive, improver | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ad"di*tive\, a. [L. additivus.] (Math.)
Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to {subtractive}.
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Computing Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | A function f : X -> Y is additive if for all Z <= X
f (lub Z) = lub f z : z in z (f "preserves lubs"). All additive functions defined over cpos are continuous. ("<=" is written in latex as \subseteq, "lub" as \sqcup ). |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | accession, accessory, accompaniment, accumulative, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additional, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, augment, augmentation, chain, coda, complement, component, concomitant, constituent, continuation, corollary, cumulative, elemental, extension, extrapolation, fixture, increase, increment, offshoot, pendant, reinforcement, side effect, side issue, summational, summative, supplement, tailpiece, undergirding |
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