additive
IPA: ˈædʌtɪv
noun
- A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
- (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.
adjective
- (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
- (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
- (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
- (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
- (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.
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