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replacive

replacive adjective: denoting replacement.

Adjective

replacive (not comparable)

  1. Denoting replacement.
    • Replacive conjuncts indicate that what is being said is a replacement for what has been said before.1969, Sidney Greenbaum, Studies in English adverbial usage
  2. Of or relating to replacement of one mineral by another, or a rock which exhibits such replacement.
    • Early replacive calcite and late replacive calcite exhibit similar carbon isotope and different oxygen isotope compositions.2003, M. J. Salem, Khaled M. Oun, Sedimentary Basins of Libya, Second Symposium, page 166
    • a mass of nodular replacive anhydrite

Origin of replacive

From replace + -ive.

Questions about replacive

What does replacive mean?
Replacive means denoting replacement.
What part of speech is replacive?
Replacive is an adjective.

Words near replacive in the dictionary

  1. replacing switch
  2. replacing switches
  3. replacism
  4. replacist
  5. replacists
  6. replacive
  7. replait
  8. replaited
  9. replaiting
  10. replaits
  11. replan

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