Additive identity


an element that when added to a given element in a specified set leaves that element unchanged, as zero in the real-number system.

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  • Additive inverse

    the number in the set of real numbers that when added to a given number will yield zero: The additive inverse of 2 is −2.

  • Additive process

    a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by the combination of red, green, and blue-violet. noun a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours Compare subtractive process

  • Additively

    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. Nutrition. Also called food additive. a substance directly to food during processing, as for preservation, coloring, or stabilization. something that becomes part of food or affects it as a […]

  • Addle

    to make or become confused. to make or become rotten, as eggs. mentally confused; muddled. rotten: addle eggs. Historical Examples One drink will addle a person’s wits and the second will act as an antidote. Death Makes A Mistake P.F. Costello And ever since he had been repeating to himself, “What do they addle?” A […]

  • Additory

    capable of or tending to make an ; additional; supplementary.


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