Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subadditive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ad-di-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum of the images of the summands.

Example Sentences

"The square-root function is subadditive under addition because #92;sqrt#123;a#43;b#125;#92;le#92;sqrta#43;#92;sqrtb."

Etymology

From sub- + additive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Frequently Paired Words

subadditivity

Antonyms

superadditive

Questions

What does subadditive mean?: Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum of the images of the summands.
Where does subadditive come from?: From sub- + additive.

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