(formed by successive additions)

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• cumulative — adj. 1 a increasing or increased in amount, force, etc., by successive additions (cumulative evidence). b formed by successive additions (learning is a cumulative process). 2 Stock Exch. (of shares) entitling holders to arrears of interest before …   Useful english dictionary

• industrial polymers, chemistry of — Introduction       structure and composition of chemical compounds made up of long, chainlike molecules (molecule).       What distinguishes polymers from other types of compounds is the extremely large size of the molecules. The size of a… …   Universalium

• JEREMIAH — (Heb. והּ ָירִי ְמ) second of the major prophets whose book is the second in the Latter Prophets section of the Bible. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible the life and message of jeremiah beginnings of prophecy …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• cumulative — /ˈkjumjələtɪv / (say kyoohmyuhluhtiv) adjective 1. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions. 2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements. 3. Law a. (of statutes) providing… …  

• cumulative — cumulatively, adv. cumulativeness, n. /kyooh myeuh leuh tiv, lay tiv/, adj. 1. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another. 2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the …   Universalium

• acid–base reaction — ▪ chemistry Introduction       a type of chemical process typified by the exchange of one or more hydrogen ions, H+, between species that may be neutral (molecules, such as water, H2O; or acetic acid, CH3CO2H) or electrically charged (ions, such… …   Universalium

• cumulative — cu•mu•la•tive [[t]ˈkyu myə lə tɪv, ˌleɪ tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions 2) formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive elements 3) bus of or pertaining to interest or… …   From formal English to slang

• Raku ware — A 16th century black Raku style chawan, used for thick tea (Tokyo National Museum) File:Tea bowl with designs of pine boughs and interlocking circles, unknown raku ware workshop, Kyoto, 18th 19th Cent, Freer Gallery of Art.jpg Tea bowl with… …   Wikipedia

• cumulative — adjective Date: 1605 1. a. made up of accumulated parts b. increasing by successive additions 2. tending to prove the same point < cumulative evidence > 3. a. taking effect upon completion of another penal sentence …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cumulative — adjective a) Incorporating all data up to the present b) That is formed by accumulation of successive additions See Also: cumulate …   Wiktionary

• accumulative — cumulative, accumulative are both used in the meaning ‘formed or increasing by successive additions’, although cumulative is now more usual (as in cumulative arguments, effect, evidence, force, etc.). Accumulative is however still found, (there… …   Modern English usage