How do you pronounce additive?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/.

additive

/ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: ad-di-tive
IPA: /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/

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Meaning

adj

Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.

adj

That is distributive over addition.

adj

Whose operator is identified as addition.

adj

Pertaining to chemical addition.

adj

Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.

noun

A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

noun

A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

Example Sentences

"Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M#92;vecv#43;M#92;vecw#61;M(#92;vecv#43;#92;vecw)."
"It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group."
"Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine."

Etymology

From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *deh₃-, additivus, addere

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/
British English: /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/

Inflected Forms

more additive (comparative) most additive (superlative) additives (plural)

Derived Forms

additively additiveness additivism adele cycloadditive geoadditive heteroadditive hypoadditive interadditive nonadditive overadditive protoadditive

Phrases

additive category additive color additive combinatorics additive function additive group additive identity additive inverse additive manufacturing

Frequently Paired Words

additivity multiplicative subtractive

Synonyms

temper linear