generant

See also: générant

English

Etymology

Latin generans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹənt/

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Adjective

generant (comparative more generant, superlative most generant)

1. generative; producing
2. (geometry) acting as a generant.

Noun

generant (plural generants)

1. That which generates.
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

     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

2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Entrange, green ant

Catalan

Verb

generant

1. gerund of generar

Latin

Verb

generant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of generō