additive saksaksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-saksa)

(mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
(mathematics, of a function, etc.) Distributive over addition.
(algebra) Having addition as an operator.
(chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
(genetics) Describing genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.

A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.
(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

Matrix multiplication is additive in that M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w).
It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.

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