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Additive
/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/
A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
📖 Definitions of "Additive"
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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.
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Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
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(of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
"Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w)."
- 3
(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."
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Pertaining to chemical addition.
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