generant
See also: générant
English
Etymology
Latin generans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹənt/
Adjective
generant (comparative more generant, superlative most generant)
- generative; producing
- (geometry) acting as a generant.
Noun
generant (plural generants)
- That which generates.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica:
- Some believe It [the soul] came from the Moon, others from the Stars, or vast spaces of the Æther above the Planets; some that 'tis made by God, some by Angels, and some by the Generant
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- (geometry) A generatrix.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for generant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Entrange, green ant
Catalan
Verb
generant
- present participle of generar
Latin
Verb
generant
- third-person plural present active indicative of generō