English Dictionary

additive

/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/

adj

(mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added. / (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.

The teacher explained the additive property of numbers.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.

Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M⃑v+M⃑w=M(⃑v+⃑w).

意味（3）

(group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.

It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.

意味（4）

(chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.

意味（5）

(genetics) 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.