cumulative (redirected from cumulativeness)

cu·mu·la·tive  (kymy-ltv, -y-l-tv)

adj.

1. Increasing or enlarging by successive addition.

2. Acquired by or resulting from accumulation.

3. Of or relating to interest or a dividend that is added to the next payment if not paid when due.

4. Law

a. Supporting the same point as earlier evidence: cumulative evidence.

b. Imposed with greater severity upon a repeat offender: cumulative punishment.

c. Following successively; consecutive: cumulative sentences.

5. Statistics

a. Of or relating to the sum of the frequencies of experimentally determined values of a random variable that are less than or equal to a specified value.

b. Of or relating to experimental error that increases in magnitude with each successive measurement.

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cumu·lative·ly adv.

cumu·lative·ness n.

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cumulative [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv]

adj

1. growing in quantity, strength, or effect by successive additions or gradual steps cumulative pollution

2. gained by or resulting from a gradual building up cumulative benefits

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Finance

a.  (of preference shares) entitling the holder to receive any arrears of dividend before any dividend is distributed to ordinary shareholders

b.  (of dividends or interest) intended to be accumulated if not paid when due

4. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics

a.  (of a frequency) including all values of a variable either below or above a specified value

b.  (of error) tending to increase as the sample size is increased

cumulatively  adv

cumulativeness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cumulative - increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" accumulative additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"

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cumulative

adjective collective, increasing, aggregate, amassed, accruing, snowballing, accumulative Skin cancer can be caused by the cumulative effect of years of exposure to the sun.

Translations

cumulative [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] ADJ → cumulativo

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cumulative [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] adj → cumulatif/ive

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cumulative

adj → gesamt, kumulativ (geh); the cumulative debts of ten years → die Schulden, die sich im Lauf von zehn Jahren angehäuft haben/hatten

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cumulative [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] adj → cumulativo/a
cumulative frequency (Statistics) → frequenza cumulata

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cumulative [ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] adj → cumulativo/a
cumulative frequency (Statistics) → frequenza cumulata

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cumulative

adj cumulative [ˈkjuːmjulətiv]

becoming greater by stages or additions This drug has a cumulative effect. ophopende, kumulatiewe مُتراكِم، مُتَجَمِّـع натрупващ се narůstající kumulativ; akkumulerende steigernd συσσωρευτικός acumulativo kumulatiivne فزاینده kumulatiivinen cumulatif מִצְטַבֵּר संचयमान kumulativan, zbirni halmozott; fokozódó makin menumpuk, kumulatif smávaxandi cumulativo 積み重ねの 누적적인 tolydžio augantis/didėjantis augošs; pieaugošs kumulatif cumulatief kumulativ, som blir gradvis større, økende narastający cumulativo cumulativ кумулятивный stúpajúci kumulativen kumulativan som hopar sig, []kumulativ, växande ที่เพิ่มมากขึ้น birikerek artan, kümülatif 漸增的，累計的 сукупний; кумулятивний مجموعى tích lũy 累计的