Definitions for additive
ˈæd ɪ tɪvad·di·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. additiveadjective

   something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

2. linear, additiveadjective

   designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

3. additiveadjective

   characterized or produced by addition

   "an additive process"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. additivenoun

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

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

2. additiveadjective

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

3. additiveadjective

   Distributive over addition.

   Matrix multiplication is additive in that uE00059291uE001.

4. additiveadjective

   Having addition as an operator.

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

5. additiveadjective

   Pertaining to chemical addition.

6. additiveadjective

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

7. Etymology: From additivus, from the participial stem of addere.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. additive

   Additive refers to a substance that is added to another substance or a combination of elements to improve its quality, enhance its characteristics, or change its properties. This term is commonly used in various fields such as chemistry, food technology, and mathematics. In mathematics, for instance, additive refers to an operation that combines two elements to form another element, while in food technology, additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or improve taste and appearance.

2. additive

   Additive refers to a substance or a process that is added or applied to another substance to alter or improve its properties or characteristics. It is often used with the intention to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, or usability of the original substance. This term is frequently used in various fields like chemistry, food science, technology, and mathematics.

3. additive

   In mathematics or related fields, "additive" often refers to a property or function that allows two or more quantities to be added together in such a way that the result is the same, regardless of how the quantities are grouped. It often follows the principles of commutativity and associativity. This concept is commonly used in algebra, calculus, and other branches of mathematics. In general context, additive can also refer to a substance or factor that is added or combined with something else, often to enhance its properties, features or qualities. However, the definition can vary based on different contexts. It's important to specify the field or context as the term "additive" can have different interpretations in fields like mathematics, chemistry, food science, statistics etc.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Additiveadjective

   proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive

2. Etymology: [L. additivus.]

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1. Additive

   A substance that is added to a system or compound to improve its characteristics.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of additive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of additive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of additive in a Sentence

1. Mike Pompeo:

   I went to the president and made clear to him that Inspector General Linick wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to, that was additive for the State Department, very consistent with what the statute says he's supposed to be doing.

2. Johnny Galecki:

   Early on, Bobby and Jordan Horowitz (another of the film’s producers) bonded over the idea of using practical effects, nobody has anything against CGI as an additive. I think we all see the benefit of digital effects. But I think audiences have missed seeing these puppets, I think they miss seeing the sweat and the fingerprints. We used CGI as a sweetener, very, very subtly, in expressions in the eyes and things of that nature. Otherwise, we had real puppeteers there, whether they were under the table with their hand in the puppet or whether they were within the puppet, as the creatures grow bigger. It was a blast; it was really fun. Oddly, when you spend 12 hours a day with these puppets, they become little personalities. They just feel like fellow castmates, as absurd as that sounds.

3. Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson:

   I would bet a paycheck that it's going to be a number greater than 308 ships, just by virtue of the additive nature of the complexity and the contestants that are confronting us right now.

4. Christian Kemp-Griffin:

   Curran is a material that is derived from nanocellulose particles - root vegetables, now when you get down to that very, very small size you actually get incredible strength properties. So when we put the resulting product that we have into other products, as an additive that goes into other products, it actually adds strength to those products, as well as adding viscosity, and there is no other product that will do both things at the same time.

5. Chairman Robert Coury:

   I will absolutely continue to look at M&A stuff but not as a requirement - as something that could be additive as part of our longer term strategy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=additive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Additive
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/additive
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=additive