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 effectsadditively 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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