Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Begetting; producing; generative; specifically, in mathematics, acting as a generant. See II., 2.
- noun One who or that which generates; a generator.
- noun In mathematics, a moving locus, the ensemble of all of whose positions forms another locus, which it is said to generate: as, an isosceles triangle revolving on the perpendicular let fall from its apex to the base is the generant of a right cone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which generates.
- noun (Geom.) A generatrix.
- adjective (Geom.) Generative; producing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which
generates . - noun geometry A
generatrix .
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Examples
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Animi affectiones, si diutius inhaereant, pravos generant habitus.
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Nam in hoc quod patres corrupti sunt, generant filios corruptae complexionis, et compositionis, et filii eorum eadem de causa se corrumpunt, et sic derivatur corruptio a patribus ad filios.
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Sciendum enim est, sæpè plures simul crescere, nec non generant, et concipiunt inuicem de rore coeli, quemadmodum et
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Et in quadam, sexum tam masculinum, quàm foeminieum habentes, qui dum masculino vtuntur generant, dum foeminino, impregnantur et pariunt.
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Non laborant terram, prædia, seu vineas, sed morantur inter eos nostræ quantitatis homines, qui eos incolunt, sicut serui, quos et Pygmæi sæpè derident, quia sunt ipsis maiores: et quod ipse non cesso mirari dum dicti homines in illa terra generant vel pariunt, non crescit proles supra Pygmæi staturam: Insula non est protensa, sed fortè
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Sciendum enim est, s鎝� plures simul crescere, nec non generant, et concipiunt inuicem de rore coeli, quemadmodum et
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et in quadam, sexum tam masculinum, qu鄊 foeminieum habentes, qui dum masculino vtuntur generant, dum foeminino, impregnantur et pariunt.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Non laborant terram, pr鎑ia, seu vineas, sed morantur inter eos nostr� quantitatis homines, qui eos incolunt, sicut serui, quos et Pygm鎖 s鎝� derident, quia sunt ipsis maiores: et quod ipse non cesso mirari dum dicti homines in illa terra generant vel pariunt, non crescit proles supra Pygm鎖 staturam: Insula non est protensa, sed fort�
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Looking back over those 25 years, let us today accord proper place and recognition to that generant of MK we know as umgwenya, who by force of circumstance and in the face of such diversity became the core for our regrouping and the torchbearers of our revolution.
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[243] Laudo nuptias, laudo coniugium, sed quia mihi virgines generant.
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