generant

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/ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹənt/

adjective

generative; producing

OriginLatin generans →
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Meanings

adjectivegenerant (comparative more generant, superlative most generant)

comparative more generant · superlative most generant

  1. generative; producing
  2. geometryacting as a generant.
noungenerant (plural generants)

plural generants

  1. Something or someone that generates; a generator.

    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

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
  2. geometryA generatrix.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
generatrix

Origin

  1. Latingenerans
  2. Englishgenerant

From Latin generans.

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APA

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MLA

“generant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generant.

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