Definition of "additive" []

• A substance added in small amounts to something else to improve, strengthen, or otherwise alter it. (noun)
• Marked by, produced by, or involving addition. (adjective)
• Of or being any of certain primary colors of wavelengths that may be mixed with one another to produce other colors. See Table at color. (adjective)

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• "The term additive combinatorics is also used; however, the sets A being studied need not be sets of integers, but rather subsets of non-commutative groups, for which the multiplication symbol, not the addition symbol, is traditionally used; they can also be subsets of Probabilistic number theory"
• "These are what we call additive colours, which have a different colour wheel all together composed of Red,"
• "Supporting local merchants that specialize in additive free fish and local poultry such as the Erickson family makes not only a lot of sense but it is an investment in keeping this great tradition alive and well in our city."