additive

additive
I. adjective Date: 1699 1. of, relating to, or characterized by addition <
an additive process
>
2. produced by addition 3. characterized by, being, or producing effects (as drug responses or gene products) that when the causative factors act together are the sum of their individual effects • additively adverbadditivity noun II. noun Date: 1945 a substance added to another in relatively small amounts to effect a desired change in properties <
food additives
>

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  • Additive — Ad di*tive, a. [L. additivus.] (Math.) Proper to be added; positive; opposed to {subtractive}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • additive — I noun accrual, addendum, addition, adjunct, appurtenance, attachment, augmentation, enhancement, extension, increment, supplement II index addition, additional, bonus, codicil, cumulative ( …   Law dictionary

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  • additive — summative, *cumulative, accumulative Analogous words: aggregative, conglomerate, agglomerative (see corresponding nouns at AGGREGATE): constituent, component, elemental (see corresponding nouns at ELEMENT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • additive — [n] added ingredient accompaniment, addition, add on, extra, flavor enhancer, preservative, supplement; concepts 640,835 …   New thesaurus

  • additive — ► NOUN ▪ a substance added to improve or preserve something. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or produced by addition …   English terms dictionary

  • additive — [ad′ə tiv] adj. [LL additivus: see ADD1] 1. showing or relating to addition 2. to be added n. a substance added to another in small quantities to produce a desired effect, as a preservative added to food or an antiknock added to gasoline …   English World dictionary

  • additivé — additif, ive [ aditif, iv ] adj. et n. m. • 1843; bas lat. additivus 1 ♦ Relatif à l addition. Math. Loi additive : loi de composition interne notée +. ⇒ addition. 2 ♦ N. m. (1946) Supplément, article additionnel. Un additif au budget. Adj. Note… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • additive — additively, adv. /ad i tiv/, n. 1. something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint. 2. Nutrition. a. Also called food additive. a… …   Universalium

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