additive (noun)
11additive — noun a substance added to improve or preserve something. adjective 1》 relating to or produced by addition. 2》 technical relating to the reproduction of colours by the superimposition of primary colours …
12additive — noun (C) a substance, especially a chemical, that is added to something such as food, to preserve it, give it colour, improve it etc: Foods sold under this label are guaranteed free from additives. | lead additives in petrol …
13additive — noun our flours have no additives Syn: added ingredient, addition; preservative, coloring …
14additive primary — noun : one of a set of the colored lights red, green, and blue by addition of which in varying proportions lights of a maximum number of colors may be produced …
15additive identity — noun : an identity element (as 0 in the group of whole numbers under the operation of addition) that in a given mathematical system leaves unchanged any element to which it is added * * * Math. an element that when added to a given element in a… …
16additive — 1. adjective /ˈadɪtɪv,ˈæɾətɪv,ˈæɾəɾɪv/ a) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added. Matrix multiplication is additive in that . b) Distributive over addition. It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group. Ant …
17additive — UK [ˈædətɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms additive : singular additive plural additives a substance that is added in small amounts to something, especially food, in order to make it last longer, look more attractive, or improve it in some way …
18additive — I. adjective Date: 1699 1. of, relating to, or characterized by addition < an additive process > 2. produced by addition 3. characterized by, being, or producing effects (as drug responses or gene products) that when the causative factors act… …
19additive — /ˈædətɪv / (say aduhtiv) adjective 1. to be added; of the nature of an addition; characterised by addition: an additive process. –noun 2. something added. 3. a substance added to a product, usually to preserve or improve its quality. {Latin… …
20additive — ad|di|tive [ ædətıv ] noun count a substance that is added in small amounts to something, especially food, in order to make it last longer, look more attractive, or improve it in some way: color/food additives …
