The Collaborative International Dictionary
combinative \combinative\ adj.
produced by a combinatorial process. [Narrower terms: combinable, combinational, combinatory, combining(prenominal)] Also See: integrative. Antonym: noncombinative.
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able to combine; tending to combine. [Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative)]
Syn: combinatory, combinatorial.
combinatorial \combinatorial\ combinatory \combinatory\adj.
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able to combine; tending to combine.
Note: same as combinative,
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[Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative)] Syn: combinative. 2. of or relating to combinations. [Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative)] WordNet
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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. PJC]