| 单词 | additive |
| 释义 | additive —additively, adv. /ad"i tiv/, n. 1. something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint. 2. Nutrition. a. Also called food additive. a substance added directly to food during processing, as for preservation, coloring, or stabilization. b. something that becomes part of food or affects it as a result of packaging or processing, as debris or radiation. adj. 3. characterized or produced by addition; cumulative: an additive process. 4. Math. (of a function) having the property that the function of the union or sum of two quantities is equal to the sum of the functional values of each quantity; linear. [1690-1700; < LL additivus. See ADDITAMENT, -IVE] |
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