Associations to the word «Generative»

Wiktionary

GENERATIVE, adjective. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
GENERATIVE MEDICINE, noun. The medical specialty that employs computer-aided analysis of the relationships between an individual's genes, cells, organ systems, other organisms, and their environments to provide greater appreciation of the complex behaviors seen in both health and disease and more personalized approaches to the treatment of illness and enhancement of well-being.

Dictionary definition

GENERATIVE, adjective. Having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces".
GENERATIVE, adjective. Producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky