cumulative

cu·mu·la·tive (kyo̵̅o̅′myə lə tiv′; occas., -lāt′iv)

adjective

increasing in effect, size, quantity, etc. by successive additions; accumulated cumulative interest
taking successive additions into account a cumulative average
designating or of preferred stock that pays regular dividends which, if not paid on the scheduled date, accumulate and take priority over dividend payments to other classes of the company's stock
Law designating additional evidence that gives support to earlier evidence

Etymology: see cumulate

cu′·mu·la·tive′ly adverb

modif.

Becoming more intense
heightening, intensifying, additive, snowballing; see increasing 2.
Accumulated
gathered, combined, aggregate, total; see acquired 1, collective.

Preposition: over

time: The graph is cumulative over time with the solid line showing planned sell through in percentage terms.

Modifies a noun

incidence: Reporting to the SHOT scheme The figure below shows the cumulative incidence of SHOT cases over the last 5 years.
effect: There is a cumulative effect through out the crystal creating a voltage.
meta-analysis: Passive smoking and lung cancer; A cumulative meta-analysis.
impact: How do we cope with the effect of cumulative impacts?
index: Cumulative index to all House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from 1801 onwards.
probability: In particular, probabilities and cumulative probabilities, and mean and variance of the binomial distribution.

Modifying Another Word

not: No, Roles are not cumulative like NTFS permissions.
usually: Furthermore, technological change in the IT goods and services markets is usually cumulative.
only: Mercury is the only cumulative vaporizing poison permanently implanted in the human body.
also: There is also cumulative development across the years so that each year builds on what has gone before.
truly: The review shows how these fundamental ideas have remained in modern work, reflecting a science that has a truly cumulative element.

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