Hypertext Webster Gateway: "additive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Additive \Ad"di*tive\, a. [L. additivus.] (Math.)
Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to {subtractive}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
additive
adj 1: characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"
[ant: {subtractive}]
2: (mathematics) directly proportional [syn: {linear}] [ant: {nonlinear}]
n : something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or
medicine
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