combinatory
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- marked by or relating to or resulting from combinationSynonyms: combinativeSimilar combinable, combinatorialSee also integrative
- relating to or involving combinationsSynonyms: combinativecombinatorialOpposite disintegrativeSimilar integrative
- able to or tending to combineSynonyms: combinablecombinationalOpposite noncombinativeSimilar combinative
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. able to combine; tending to combine. same as combinative, 2. [Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative)] Syn. — combinative.
2. of or relating to combinations. [Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative)] ]
3. produced by a process of combining; as, a combinatorial explosion of possibilities; — used especially in reference to mathematical or statistical processes of computing possible combinations. ]
1. same as combinatorial, 1. Syn. — combinative, combinatorial.
2. able to be combined. Syn. — combinable, combinational, combining(prenominal).
3. same as combinatorial, 2. [Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative)] Syn. — combinatorial.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors, WordNet 1.5