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cu·mu·la·tive
(kyo͞om′yə-lā′tĭv, -yə-lə-tĭv)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 total observed frequency of data, or the probability of a random variable, that is less than or equal to a specified value.
b. Of or relating to experimental error that increases in magnitude with each successive measurement.
cu′mu·la′tive·ly adv.
cu′mu·la′tive·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. (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. (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
ˈcumulatively adv
ˈcumulativeness n
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cu•mu•la•tive
(ˈkyu myə lə tɪv, -ˌleɪ tɪv)adj.
1. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions.
2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive elements.
3. of or pertaining to interest or dividends that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment in the future.
[1595–1605]
cu′mu•la•tive•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. |  cumulative - increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"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.
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cumulative
adjectiveIncreasing, as in force, by successive additions:
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cumulative
(ˈkjuːmjulətiv) adjective becoming greater by stages or additions. This drug has a cumulative effect.acumulativo
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