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Admixture vs Additive - What's the difference?

admixture | additive |

As nouns the difference between admixture and additive

is that admixture is an instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something while additive is a substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.

As an adjective additive is

pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.

admixture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something.
  • The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
  • # A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
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  • A mixture, in some contexts
  • # (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
  • Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.
  • additive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
  • over addition.
  • Matrix multiplication is additive in that M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w).
  • (algebra) Having addition as an operator.
  • It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
  • (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.
  • Antonyms

    * subtractive

    Derived terms

    * additive function * additive inverse * additive identity * additive group * additive color

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.
  • Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.
  • (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also'', ''even'', or ''nor .