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  • 21cumulative — cu|mu|la|tive [ kjumjə,leıtıv, kjumjələtıv ] adjective * developing or increasing gradually as a result of more and more additions: the cumulative effect on the body of repeated doses of the medicine ╾ cu|mu|la|tive|ly adverb …

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  • 22cumulative — adjective increasing or increased in quantity or degree by successive additions: the cumulative effect of months of drought. Derivatives cumulatively adverb cumulativeness noun …

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  • 23cumulative — adjective the effects of pollution are cumulative Syn: increasing, accumulative, growing, mounting; collective, aggregate, amassed …

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  • 24cumulative */ — UK [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] / US [ˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪv] / US [ˈkjumjələtɪv] adjective developing or increasing gradually as a result of more and more additions We studied the cumulative effect of long periods of stress on the body. Derived word: cumulatively… …

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  • 25cumulative — [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] adj developing or increasing gradually as a result of more and more additions We studied the cumulative effect of long periods of stress on the body.[/ex] …

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  • 26Cumulative frequency analysis — is the applcation of estimation theory to exceedance probability (or equivalently to its complement). The complement, the non exceedance probability concerns the frequency of occurrence of values of a phenomenon staying below a reference value.… …

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  • 27Cumulative distribution function — for the normal distributions in the image below …

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  • 28Cumulative tale — This Is the House That Jack Built In a cumulative tale, sometimes also called a chain tale, action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as the tale progresses. With only the sparest of plots, these tales often depend upon repetition and… …

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  • 29Cumulative action — Cumulative Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 30Cumulative poison — Cumulative Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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