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n. (artifact) | 1. additive | something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine. |
| ~ add-on, addition, improver | a component that is added to something to improve it.; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" |
| ~ adjuvant | an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment. |
| ~ artificial additive, food additive | an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life. |
adj. | 2. additive, linear | designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ bilinear | linear with respect to each of two variables or positions. |
adj. | 3. additive | characterized or produced by addition.; "an additive process" |
| ~ accumulative, cumulative | increasing by successive addition.; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" |
| ~ addable, addible | capable of being added or added to. |
| ~ additional, extra | further or added.; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes" |
| ~ complemental, completing, complementary | acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole). |
| ~ incremental | increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions.; "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary" |
| ~ intercalary | having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:.; "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year" |
| ~ summational, summative | of or relating to a summation or produced by summation. |
| ~ supplemental, supplementary | added to complete or make up a deficiency.; "produced supplementary volumes" |
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