Additive effect
additive effect
additive effect n.
an effect in which two substances or actions used in combination produce a total effect the same as the sum of the individual effects.
historical examples
(d) additive effect on current of response, root-tip a negative, and growing region a positive.
life movements in plants, volume ii, 1919 sir jagadis chunder bose
it is, however, better to employ the additive effect of a definite number of feeble make-and-break shocks.
life movements in plants sir jagadis chunder bose
the additive effect of stimulus of light and gravity is seen ill-strated in figure 180.
life movements in plants, volume ii, 1919 sir jagadis chunder bose
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