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Definition of Additive

1. Noun. Something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine.

2. Adjective. Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree.

3. Adjective. Characterized or produced by addition. "An additive process"

Definition of Additive

1. a. Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

Definition of Additive

1. Adjective. (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added. ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics of a function, etc.) Distributive over addition. ¹

3. Adjective. (algebra) Having addition as an operator. ¹

4. Adjective. (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition. ¹

5. Adjective. (genetics) Describing genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype. ¹

6. Noun. A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Additive

1. a substance added to another to impart desirable qualities [n -S]

Medical Definition of Additive

1. 1. Characterised by addition. 2. A substance, as a flavouring agent, preservative or vitamin, added to another substance to improve its appearance, increase its nutritional value, etc. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Additive

addition-deletion mutation addition compound addition mutation addition polymer addition polymerisation addition polymerization addition reaction additional additionalities additionality

additionally additionals additionary additions addititious additive (current term) additive effect additive function additive group additive identity

additive inverse additive model additive operation additive operations additively additiveness additives additivities additivity additory

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