additive Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
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adjective designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
linear.
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adjective characterized or produced by addition
- an additive process
WordNet
Ad"di*tive adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
(Math.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.