"additivity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: additivities [plural]
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  1. (uncountable, mathematics) The property of being additive. Tags: uncountable Translations (the property of being additive): additiivisuus (Finnish), additivité [feminine] (French), Additivität [feminine] (German), аддитивтік (additivtık) (Kazakh), аддитивтілік (additivtılık) (Kazakh), additivitat [feminine] (Occitan), addytywność [feminine] (Polish), addycyjność [feminine] (Polish), aditividade [feminine] (Portuguese), aditivitate [feminine] (Romanian)
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  2. (countable) The extent to which something is additive. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-additivity-en-noun-FQ4wpT6y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: countable additivity, σ-additivity, heteroadditivity, hypoadditivity, nonadditivity, sigma additivity, subadditivity, superadditivity, underadditivity

Inflected forms

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