additive group noun4 •Any group, or algebraic object that can be regarded as a group, whose binary operation is called addition and denoted +. •Any (often, but not necessarily, abelian) group whose binary operation is called addition. •Any of certain algebraic objects (ring, field or vector space, etc., whose definition includes a commutative operation called addition) regarded as a group under addition. •Any group object (such as a group functor, group scheme, etc.), whose binary operation is called addition. formsadditive groups