ADDITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does additive mean? 

• ADDITIVE (noun)
  The noun ADDITIVE has 1 sense:

1. something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

  Familiarity information: ADDITIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• ADDITIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ADDITIVE has 2 senses:

1. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

2. characterized or produced by addition

  Familiarity information: ADDITIVE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADDITIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("additive" is a kind of...):

add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "additive"):

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)

Derivation:

additive (characterized or produced by addition)

• ADDITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

Synonyms:

additive; linear

Similar:

bilinear (linear with respect to each of two variables or positions)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

add (determine the sum of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized or produced by addition

Context example:

an additive process

Similar:

accumulative; cumulative (increasing by successive addition)

addable; addible (capable of being added or added to)

additional; extra (further or added)

complemental; complementary; completing (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))

incremental (increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions)

intercalary (having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:)

summational; summative (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation)

supplemental; supplementary (added to complete or make up a deficiency)

Antonym:

subtractive (constituting or involving subtraction)

Derivation:

add (make an addition by combining numbers)

add (determine the sum of)

add (constitute an addition)

additive (something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine)

 Context examples 

A semisynthetic, high viscosity polymer used as a food additive which may have the ability to lower total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).

(Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose D, NCI Thesaurus)

These include: • Oven and drain cleaners • Laundry powder • Floor polish • Paint thinners, strippers and removers • Pesticides • Grease and rust removers • Motor oil and fuel additives • Arts and craft supplies

(Household Products, Environmental Protection Agency)

A common, symptom of menopause; other conditions that can produce hot flushes include antidepressants and drugs blocking the effect of estrogens, carcinoid tumors and a sensitivity to sulfites or other food additives.

(Hot Flashes, NCI Thesaurus)

Hexachloroethane was used as an anthelmintic to treat fascioliasis in cattle and sheep, in refining aluminum alloys, in smoke bombs and pyrotechnic and as a degassing agent and polymer additive.

(Hexachloroethane, NCI Thesaurus)

An oligosaccharide derived from starch that is used as a food additive and as a carbohydrate supplement.

(Maltodextrin, NCI Thesaurus)

A progestogen-like compound used as a cattle feed additive for its growth promoting effects and suppression of estrus (heat) in heifers.

(Melengestrol, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of food additives in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Food Additives, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of neurotoxins include chemotherapy agents, radiation treatment, heavy metals, pesticides, and food additives.

(Neurotoxicity Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used as gasoline and lubricant additive, antioxidant, and stabilizer for industry materials.

(N-Nitrosodiethylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

The proprietary absorption enhancer is a GRAS (generally-recognized-as-safe) food additive.

(Enteric-Coated Zoledronic Acid Tablet MER-101, NCI Thesaurus)