cu·mu·la·tive 
(kymyə-lā′tĭv, -yə-lə-tĭv)
(kymyə-lā′tĭv, -yə-lə-tĭv)adj.
1. Increasing or enlarging by successive addition.
2. Acquired by or resulting from accumulation.
3. Of or relating to interest or a dividend that is added to the next payment if not paid when due.
4. Law
a. Supporting the same point as earlier evidence: cumulative evidence.
b. Imposed with greater severity upon a repeat offender: cumulative punishment.
c. Following successively; consecutive: cumulative sentences.
5. Statistics
a. Of or relating to the total observed frequency of data, or the probability of a random variable, that is less than or equal to a specified value.
b. Of or relating to experimental error that increases in magnitude with each successive measurement.
cumu·la′tive·ly adv.
cumu·la′tive·ness n.
- opinionatedly
- opinionative
- opinionatively
- opioid
- opisthobranch
- opisthognathism
- opisthognathous
- opium
- opium poppy
- Oporto
- opossum
- opossum shrimp
- Oppenheimer
- opponency
- opponent
- opportune
- opportunely
- opportuneness
- opportunism
- opportunist
- opportunistic
- opportunistic infection
- opportunity
- opposability
- opposable