generative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having the ability to produce or originate
    productive.
    • generative power
    • generative forces
  2. adjective satellite producing new life or offspring
    procreative; reproductive.
    • the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions
    • the reproductive or generative organs

WordNet

Gen"er*a*tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. génératif.
Definitions
  1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. "That generative particle." Bentley.

Webster 1913