generative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: generative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for generative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
generative adj having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" Synonym(s): generative, productive Antonym(s): consumptive 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" Synonym(s): generative, procreative, reproductive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Generative \Gen"erative\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]ratif.] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. [bd]That generative particle.[b8] --Bentley.