- 1
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- 2
Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
- 3
Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
- 4
Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
- In practice, a productive prefix yields many attested words (especially new coinages) without loss of meaning. For example, re- (“again”) is highly productive (rebuild, rethink), whereas other prefixes are relatively less so.
- 5
Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
- 6
Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
- 7
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
syn. productive · prolific · pregnant · batful · luxuriant · fertile · fruitful · thriving · yielding · yieldly · voluminous
ant. baneful · barren · counterproductive · counter-productive · destructive · nonproductive · non-productive · ruinous