additive

添加物、添加剤

食品やほかの製品を変えたり良くしたりするために加える物質。

やさしい英語で： A substance put into food or another product to change or improve it.

• This juice contains no artificial additives.
• The additive helps the paint dry faster.
• Do you use a fuel additive?

類義語： temper

よく使う表現： food additive, fuel additive, artificial additive

付加的な、加算的な

物を加え合わせたり、それぞれの効果を合わせたりする。

やさしい英語で： Involving adding things together or combining their effects.

• The two drugs have an additive effect.
• This method uses an additive process.
• Their benefits may be additive.

類義語： cumulative

よく使う表現： additive effect, additive process

加法的な

数やほかの数学的な対象を組み合わせる規則として、足し算を用いる。

やさしい英語で： Using addition as the rule for combining numbers or other mathematical objects.

• We use additive notation here.
• The integers form an additive group.
• Can you find the additive identity?

よく使う表現： additive group, additive notation