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additive Definition

ad·di·tive (ad′ə tiv)

adjective

  1. showing or relating to addition
  2. to be added

Etymology: LL additivus: see add

noun

a substance added to another in small quantities to produce a desired effect, as a preservative added to food or an antiknock added to gasoline

additive Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • contain: The E numbers are helpful to these people because they can easily see whether the food contains an additive to which they are allergic.
  • permit: A second report 2 was published in 1979, including a first list of permitted tobacco additives.

Preposition: in

gasoline: A NAFTA ruling last year requiring Canada to accept a new additive in gasoline is another.

Adjective modifier

  • zootechnical: Action: The Secretariat to provide an information paper on zootechnical additives.
  • artificial: Contrary to popular belief, no artificial additives are used in the freezing process.
  • medicinal: Under the Regulations all medicinal feed additives had to be licensed.
  • harmful: This is the most effective protection against freezing without the use of harmful chemical additives.
  • synthetic: Most products contain chemicals, synthetic additives and irritants which dry our children's skin and are absorbed into their bodies.
  • ep: Contains no EP additives which can damage gearboxes containing yellow metals.

Modifies a noun

  • masterbatches: New color and additive masterbatches are introduced for plastics processors.
  • bilingualism: Additive bilingualism is becoming a reality through the highly successful development of Gaelic medium education throughout Scotland.
  • inverse: The additive inverse of any number is a unique number.
  • magma: Note that not every trivial additive magma is an additive magma-with-zero, but every trivial additive magma-with-zero is an additive group.
  • synthesis: Hammond organs and similar instruments make the most use of simple additive synthesis.

Noun used with modifier

  • silage: No silage additives have been used for the last five years.
  • polymer: That's a bigger risk, polymer additive in my view.
  • feed: Feed additives are added to animal feed during the manufacturing process.
  • food: Some food additives are taken by patients with RA.
  • chemical: Examples are heat, pressure, light, or a chemical additive.
  • tobacco: Over 600 tobacco additives are permitted in the UK.