com·bi·na·tive

(kŏm′bə-nā′tĭv, kəm-bī′nə-tĭv)

adj.

1. Relating to or resulting from combination.

2. Tending, serving, or able to combine.

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combinative

(ˈkɒmbɪˌneɪtɪv; -nətɪv) ,

combinatorial

combinatory

adj

1. resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together

2. (Linguistics) linguistics (of a sound change) occurring only in specific contexts or as a result of some other factor, such as change of stress within a word. Compare isolative¹

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com•bi•na•tive

(ˈkɒm bəˌneɪ tɪv, kəmˈbaɪ nə-)

adj.

1. tending or serving to combine.

2. pertaining to or resulting from combination.

[1850–55]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	combinative - marked by or relating to or resulting from combination combinatory integrative - combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole noncombinative - not involving combination
	2.	combinative - relating to or involving combinations combinatorial, combinatory integrative - combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole

combinative

adjective

Of, relating to, or tending to produce combination:

combinational, combinatorial, conjugational, conjugative, conjunctional, connectional, connective.

Translations

комбинаторный

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Primitive man was a combinative beast, and because of it he rose to primacy over all the animals.

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A dynamic capabilities-based framework of organizational sensemaking through combinative capabilities towards exploratory and exploitative product innovation in turbulent environments.

IMPACT OF TEAM LEADERSHIP HABITUAL DOMAINS ON AMBIDEXTROUS INNOVATION

It turns out that the inner limits of the word (the so-called morphemic seams) are mobile, dynamic and that any increase in the scale of consideration opens up new secrets: auxiliary inventory in the form of prefixes, suffixes and connecting elements, one that today can not be used independently, but only is a combinative part of the basic unit, which in the distant (or perhaps not so distant) past was full-valued, full-fledged, independent word (Dombrovan 2013: 302).

Evolutionary trajectories of word-formation processes in the Old High German language

To this end, an extension of CODAS (Combinative Distance-based Assessment) method with Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IVIF) is designed and the CODAS-IVIF procedure is provided.

AN EVALUATION MODEL OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS WITH NEW EXTENSION OF CODAS (CODAS-IVIF)

Combining with Zhang's research [16] and Terzaghi loose earth theory [17], a practical calculating method for the pipe jacking force is presented based on the pipe-soil and pipe-slurry-soil combinative contact model (Figure 8).

Research on the Slurry for Long-Distance Large-Diameter Pipe Jacking in Expansive Soil

For the combinative elution, elution was achieved using the following conditions: 0-3 min, 9% solvent A; 3-13 min, 9-12% solvent A; 13-15 min, 12-20% solvent A; 15-25 min, 20-30% solvent A; 25-30 min, 30-51% solvent A; 30-50 min, 51% solvent A (total run time 50 min).

The Ethanol Supernatant Extracts of Liushenwan Could Alleviate Nanodiethylnitrosamine-Induced Liver Cancer in Mice

In this paper, an efficient method using HSCCC combinative with DPPH-HPLC assay was successfully developed for rapid screening and preparative isolation of antioxidants from ethyl acetate fraction of A.

Rapid Screening and Preparative Isolation of Antioxidants from Alpinia officinarum Hance Using HSCCC Coupled with DPPH-HPLC Assay and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activities

Figures 1(c) and 1(d) show that, under different storage conditions, the extension of storage time for all fresh wet noodles gradually decreased the relaxation time [T.sub.22] of the intermediate state water, and the water transformed from the combinative state to the intermediate state, for an overall decrease of total water content.

Relationship of Moisture Status and Quality Characteristics of Fresh Wet Noodles Prepared from Different Grade Wheat Flours from Flour Milling Streams