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Generative   /dʒˈɛnərətɪv/   Listen
Generative

adjective
1.
Having the ability to produce or originate.  Synonym: productive.  "Generative forces"
2.
Producing new life or offspring.  Synonyms: procreative, reproductive.  "The reproductive or generative organs"



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"Generative" Quotes from Famous Books



... object. Science is now beginning to believe that under the action of a paroxysm of passion the blood rushes to the brain, and that such congestion has the terrible effects of a dream in a waking state, so averse are we to regard thought as a physical and generative force. ...
— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac

... answered. "At least, I think I do. But I return the question to you: Is a motion which, although not caused, is ENABLED by another motion, worthy of the name of a perpetual motion; seeing the perpetuity of motion has not to do merely with time, but with the indwelling of self-generative power—renewing itself constantly ...
— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

... attaches itself to the mucous membrane of the small intestine in man. Below the head is a constricted neck, which is followed by a large number of segments, increasing in size from the neck onward. Each segment contains the generative organs of both sexes. The parasite (worm) becomes fully grown in three to three and one-half months. Segments then continually break off and are discharged at stool. Each ovum (egg) contains a single embryo, armed with six hooklets and contained in a thick shell. When swallowed ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... anticipated, all things are changing with the child during these momentous years: its outlook on life, its appreciation of other people and of itself, alter greatly and continuously. The wonderfully rapid growth and alterations in structure of the generative organs have their counterpart in the mental and moral spheres; there are new sensations which are scarcely recognised and are certainly not understood by the subject: vague feelings of unrest, ill-comprehended desires, and an intense self-consciousness ...
— Youth and Sex • Mary Scharlieb and F. Arthur Sibly

... sexual cells are always of microscopic size and are produced in the generative gland or testis in exceedingly large numbers. In addition to their minuter size they differ from the ova in their power of active movement. Animals present various mechanisms by which the sexual elements may be brought into juxtaposition, but in all cases ...
— Mendelism - Third Edition • Reginald Crundall Punnett



Words linked to "Generative" :   consumptive, generative grammar, generate, procreative, fruitful, reproductive, productive



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