different between additive vs augmentation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.d?.t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.d?.t?v/, [?æ.??.t?v], [?æ.??.??v]

Adjective

additive (comparative more additive, superlative most additive)

1. (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
2. (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.

3. (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.

4. (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
5. (genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• multiplicative
• subtractive

Derived terms

Related terms

• additivity

Noun

additive (plural additives)

1. A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

2. (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

Translations

References

• additive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• additive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• Additive genetic effects on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Additive polynomial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Additive utility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Freshman's dream on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (In which the function ƒ(x) = xⁿ is erroneously thought to be additive.)
• Weakly additive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• davidite

French

Adjective

additive

1. feminine singular of additif

German

Adjective

additive

1. inflection of additiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

additive

1. feminine plural of additivo

English

Etymology

From Middle English augmentation, augmentacion, augmentacioun, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augment?ti?, verbal noun from augment? (“increase”, verb).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

augmentation (countable and uncountable, plural augmentations)

1. The act or process of augmenting.
2. (heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
3. (medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
4. (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
5. (music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
6. (Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.

Related terms

• augmentative
• augmented
• auxiliary
• diminution

Translations

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

Anagrams

• Mountain Gate

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augment?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?.m??.ta.sj??/

Noun

augmentation f (plural augmentations)

1. An increase, a raise

   Synonym: hausse

   Antonyms: diminution, baisse

2. A pay raise

Related terms

• augmenter

Further reading

• “augmentation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).