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English
Etymology
Latin generans.
Pronunciation
Adjective
generant (comparative more generant, superlative most generant)
- generative; producing
- (geometry) acting as a generant.
Noun
generant (plural generants)
- Something or someone that generates; a generator.
1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; , London: E. C for Henry Eversden , →OCLC:Some believe It 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
- (geometry) A generatrix.
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Verb
generant
- gerund of generar
Latin
Verb
generant
- third-person plural present active indicative of generō