additive
n.a substance added to food, medicine, or other products to improve them or change how they work.
n.a substance added to a mixture, food, or drug to provide a specific property, such as preservation or flavor.
“Salt is a common additive in processed foods.”
“The label lists several additives that help keep the yogurt fresh.”
“Regulatory bodies strictly monitor food additives to ensure they do not pose long-term health risks to consumers.”
Usage additive effect · additive model
“They then added an extremely small amount of chiral additive, less than 1% of the total material, to guide all the pinwheels to face the same direction.”
“Researchers have now tested a different way to manufacture WC-Co cemented carbide using additive manufacturing (AM, also commonly known as 3D printing).”
From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.