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productive

adj
/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

  1. borrowed from productivus

Definitions

  1. Capable of producing something, especially in abundance

    Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

  2. Yielding good or useful results

    Yielding good or useful results; constructive.

  3. Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.

    2. Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.

    3. Of inflammation, producing new tissue.

    4. A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic

      A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.

      • a productive set

The neighborhood

Derived

bioproductive, contraproductive, hyperproductive, hypoproductive, improductive, osteoproductive, overproductive, preproductive, productive efficiency, productive forces, productivism, productivist, productivize, semiproductive, superproductive, underproductive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at productive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at productive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at productive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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