generative adj

1 having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: productive] [ant: consumptive]

2 producing new life or offspring; "tXsXwhe reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: procreative, reproductive]

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʒenərətɪv/
• SAMPA: /"dZen@r@tIv/

Etymology

Compare French génératif.

Adjective

1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

   Quotations

   • That generative particle. - Bentley

Related terms

• degenerative

Generative may refer to:

• allie bostwick
• Generative art
• Generative music

Math and science

• Generative Anthropology
• Generative model
• Generative programming
• Generative sciences
• Generative systems

Language

• Generative grammar
• Generative linguistics
• Generative semantics
• Generative Lexicon

See also

• Generate

abiogenetic, aboriginal, basal, basic, biogenetic, blastogenetic, causative, central, constructive, creative, crucial, demiurgic, elemental, elementary, embryonic, epigenetic, eumerogenetic, formative, fundamental, gametic, genetic, genial, genital, genitive, germinal, heterogenetic, histogenetic, homogenetic, in embryo, in ovo, inventive, isogenetic, merogenetic, metagenetic, monogenetic, original, originative, orthogenetic, pangenetic, parthenogenetic, phytogenetic, pregnant, primal, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, productive, protogenic, radical, rudimentary, seminal, sporogenous, xenogenetic