noun🔗ShareAdditifA substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance."Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine."L'huile peut être utilisée comme additif dans l'essence pour améliorer la lubrification d'un petit moteur.substancechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMot ou locution ajoutant quelque chose(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor."The teacher used the additive "also" to explain that students needed to study both math and science. "Le professeur a utilisé le mot « aussi » pour expliquer que les élèves devaient étudier à la fois les mathématiques et les sciences.grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAdditif, supplémentairePertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added."The recipe called for several additive ingredients, like baking soda and salt. "La recette demandait plusieurs ingrédients additifs, comme du bicarbonate de soude et du sel.mathscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAdditif(of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition."Matrix multiplication is additive, in that Mvec v+Mvec w=M(vec v+vec w)."La multiplication matricielle est additive, en ce sens que Mvec v+Mvec w=M(vec v+vec w).mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAdditif(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."Il est naturel de considérer un groupe cyclique fini comme un groupe additif.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAdditifPertaining to chemical addition."The experiment required precise control of the additive chemical reaction. "L'expérience nécessitait un contrôle précis de la réaction chimique additive.chemistrysubstancecompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAdditifOf or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype."The additive effects of both parents' genes contributed to the child's high musical aptitude. "Les effets additifs des gènes des deux parents ont contribué à la grande aptitude musicale de l'enfant.biologyorganismphysiologysciencemedicinebiochemistryanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
