Tending to combine or having the power to combine; relating to or involving the joining together of elements.
From 'combine' plus the suffix '-ative' (meaning 'tending to' or 'characterized by'). This appears in linguistic and scientific contexts to describe systems or processes involving combination.
Linguists use 'combinative' to describe how language lets us combine small units (letters, sounds, words) into infinite meanings — it's the property that makes language generative and creative.
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