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additive

ad·di·tive

UK/ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ US/ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ rare
noun (1) adjective (2)

noun

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adjective

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characterized or produced by addition

  • “an additive process”
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2.

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

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Origin

From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).

Phrases

  • additive category
  • additive color
  • additive combinatorics
  • additive function
  • additive group
  • additive identity
  • additive inverse
  • additive manufacturing

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