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cumulative

  (kyūm'yə-lā'tĭv, -yə-lə-tĭv) pronunciation
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.
    1. Supporting the same point as earlier evidence: cumulative evidence.
    2. Imposed with greater severity upon a repeat offender: cumulative punishment.
    3. Following successively; consecutive: cumulative sentences.
  5. Statistics.
    1. 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.
    2. Of or relating to experimental error that increases in magnitude with each successive measurement.
cumulatively cu'mu·la'tive·ly adv.
cumulativeness cu'mu·la'tive·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: cumulative

adjective

    Increasing, as in force, by successive additions: accumulative, additive. See increase/decrease.

 
Antonyms: cumulative

adj

Definition: accruing; growing in size or effect
Antonyms: decreasing, subtracting


 
Dental Dictionary: cumulative

adj

Increasing in effect.

 
Word Tutor: cumulative
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The total added effect of over time.

pronunciation The continuing rain had a cumulative effect of flooding the creeks.

 
Misspellings: cumulative

Common misspelling(s) of cumulative

  • cumulatative

 
Translations: Translations for: Cumulative

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kumulativ, akkumulerende

idioms:

  • cumulative error    kumulativ fejl
  • cumulative voting    kumulerende stemmeafgivning

Nederlands (Dutch)
cumulatief, opeenhopend

Français (French)
adj. - cumulatif

idioms:

  • cumulative error    erreur cumulative
  • cumulative voting    vote plural

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kumulativ, Zusatz-

idioms:

  • cumulative error    (Stat.) Kumulativfehler, systematischer Fehler
  • cumulative voting    kumulatives Wählen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συσσωρευτικός, αθροιστικός

idioms:

  • cumulative error    σωρευτικό σφάλμα
  • cumulative voting    πολυσταυρία (εκλογικό σύστημα)

Italiano (Italian)
cumulativo

idioms:

  • cumulative error    errore cumulativo
  • cumulative voting    voto cumulativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - acumulativo

idioms:

  • cumulative error    erro (m) acumulativo
  • cumulative voting    voto (m) cumulativo

Русский (Russian)
совокупный

idioms:

  • cumulative error    совокупная ошибка
  • cumulative voting    столько голосов сколько кандидатов

Español (Spanish)
adj. - acumulativo

idioms:

  • cumulative error    error acumulativo
  • cumulative voting    votación acumulativa

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - som hopar sig, ackumulativ, hopad, bekräftande, upprepad

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
累积的

idioms:

  • cumulative error    累积差误
  • cumulative voting    累积投票法, 累积投票权法律专业累积投票

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 累積的

idioms:

  • cumulative error    累積差誤
  • cumulative voting    累積投票法, 累積投票權法律專業累積投票

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 축적적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 累積する, 累加する, 追加方式の

idioms:

  • cumulative error    累差, 累積誤差
  • cumulative voting    累積投票法

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تراكمي, متراكم, متجمع, متزايد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצטבר‬


 
 

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