cumulative (redirected from cumulativeness)

cumulative /cu·mu·la·tive/ (ku´mu-lah-tiv) increasing by successive additions, the total being greater than the expected sum of its parts.

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cu·mu·la·tive (kymy-ltv, -l-tv)

adj.

1. Increasing or enlarging by successive addition.

2. Acquired by or resulting from accumulation.

3. 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.

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

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cumulative

[kyo̅o̅′myəlā′tiv]

Etymology: L, cumulare, to pile on

increasing by incremental steps with an eventual total that may exceed the expected result.

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cumulative,

adj increasing in effect.