Additive

Quick meaning: Additive is an adjective meaning (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
2. (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
3. (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
4. A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
5. (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.
6. (genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.

Example Sentences

It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.

Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.

Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M#92;vecv#43;M#92;vecw#61;M(#92;vecv#43;#92;vecw).

Word Forms

• additives

Synonyms for additive

Depending on context, synonyms include temper, cumulative, accumulative, addible, bilinear, addable.

Antonyms for additive

Common opposites include nonlinear, subtractive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include linear, summative, summational, bilinear, addible, addable.

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