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ADDITIVE
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I. (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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized or produced by addition
Example:
an additive process
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
Synonyms:
additive; linear
Classified under:
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)
Context examples:
This agent and its derivatives can used in formulation of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food products as additive or buffer salts.
(Gluconic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
The coumarin derivatives in this agent may vasodilate and relax smooth muscle and may exhibit additive anticoagulant effects.
(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
Other chemical compounds, such as additives in some sodas might also play a role, they add.
(Possible link found between sugary drinks, cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
As a feed additive, arsanilic acid improves weight gain in farm-raised animals, but its use as a growth promoter is banned in many countries.
(Arsanilic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Numerical result translated into indifference, antagonism, synergism, or additive.
(Antimicrobial Combination Testing Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Diazoaminobenzene is used as a chemical intermediate, complexing agent and polymer additive and is a contaminant in several dyes used in drugs, cosmetics and foods.
(Diazoaminobenzene, NCI Thesaurus)
A food additive which duplicates the effect of sugar on the taste, but with fewer calories.
(Artificial Sweetener, NCI Thesaurus)
It can be manufactured and used for a variety of things such as a pharmacologic agent to produce anesthesia, a food additive as a propellant, and an additive to fuels to increase available oxygen in combustion.
(Nitrous Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)
Noncaloric sweeteners, like the rest of alimentary additives, are subject to a strict safety control carried out by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the U S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other international institutions such as the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
(Not enough scientific evidence linking noncaloric sweeteners with adverse effects on gut microbiota, University of Granada)
Researchers have discovered for the first time that a common marine sponge hosts bacteria that specialize in the production of toxic compounds nearly identical to man-made fire retardants, a finding that could help scientists better understand the human health implications of these common additives.
(Bacteria living in marine sponge produce toxic compounds found in man-made products, NSF)
