Hypertext Webster Gateway: "generative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Generative \Gen"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.]
Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or
producing. ``That generative particle.'' --Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
generative
adj 1: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative
power"; "generative forces" [syn: {productive}] [ant:
{consumptive}]
2: producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential
of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself
under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative
organs" [syn: {procreative}, {reproductive}]
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