Definitions for: Additive


[n] something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
[adj] characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"
[adj] (mathematics) directly proportional



Webster (1913) Definition: Ad"di*tive, a. [L. additivus.] (Math.)
Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

Synonyms: accumulative, addable, addible, bilinear, cumulative, linear, summational, summative

Antonyms: nonlinear, subtractive

See Also: addition, adjuvant, artificial additive, food additive, improver

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