(of a sound change) occurring in all linguistic environments, as the change of Middle English /iː/ to Modern English /aɪ/, as in time
Compare combinative (sense 2)
2.
of, relating to, or concerned with isolation
isolative in American English
(ˈaisəˌleitɪv, ˈisə-)
adjective
noting a change in part of the sound of a word made independently of the phonetic environment of that part
Word origin
[1885–90; isolate + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, foregut, toner, twofer, upsweep-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, corrective, detective, passive, sportive
Examples of 'isolative' in a sentence
isolative
Advantages of the new thermo-isolative material as compared to other existing ones are considered too.
O. M. Pshinko, M. V. Savytskyi, A. O. Honcharenko 2009, 'THE STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACTANTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE INSULATING MATERIAL,STABILIZED WITH SLAG MANGANESE METAL', Nauka ta Progres Transportuhttp://stp.diit.edu.ua/article/view/13596/11415. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)