ADDITIVE — Definition of ADDITIVE
noun
1
A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.
2
(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.
adjective
1
Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
2
(of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w).
3
(of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
4
Pertaining to chemical addition.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/additive
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