Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protoadditive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-toad-di-tive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the property that the result when applied to x + y is less than or equal to the sum of the result when applied to x plus the result when applied to y, for all values x and y in the domain.

Example Sentences

"In particular the role of protoadditive functors in the study of Hopf formulae for homology is explained.."

Etymology

From proto- + additive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Questions

What does protoadditive mean?: Having the property that the result when applied to x + y is less than or equal to the sum of the result when applied to x plus the result when applied to y, for all values x and y in the domain.
Where does protoadditive come from?: From proto- + additive.

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