different between productive vs distributive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin productivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???d?kt?v/

Adjective

productive (comparative more productive, superlative most productive)

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. (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.

   • Moreover, this relationship is a productive one, in the sense that when new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous concocted out of gigantic and enormous), then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ginormously) can also be used. And in those exceptional cases where Adverbs do not end in -ly, they generally have the same form as the corresponding Adjective, as with hard, fast, etc.

5. (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
6. (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
7. (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

Usage notes

In English, the plural suffix “-es” is productive because it can be appended to an open set of words (singular nouns ending in sibilants). Thus, if a new word with that pattern becomes an English noun (e.g. *examplex), it would have a default plural (e.g. *examplexes) because “-es” is productive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:productive

Antonyms

Related terms

• productively
• productiveness
• productivity

Translations

References

• productive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• productive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Adjective

productive

1. feminine singular of productif

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?.duk?ti?.u?e/, [p?o?d??k?t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.duk?ti.ve/, [p??d?uk?t?i?v?]

Adjective

pr?duct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?duct?vus

English

Etymology

From Middle French distributif

Adjective

distributive (comparative more distributive, superlative most distributive)

1. Relating to distribution.
2. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
3. (mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.

   If function f is distributive with respect to function g, then ${\displaystyle f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c))}$.

   If the operation ${\displaystyle \star }$ is distributive with respect to the operation ${\displaystyle \circ }$, then ${\displaystyle a\star (b\circ c)=(a\star b)\circ (a\star c)}$.

4. (logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
5. (grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.

Derived terms

• distributive education
• distributive justice
• distributive lattice
• semidistributive

Translations

Noun

distributive (plural distributives)

1. (grammar) distributive case
2. (grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
3. (mathematics) A distributive numeral.

Translations

French

Adjective

distributive

1. feminine singular of distributif

Italian

Adjective

distributive

1. feminine plural of distributivo

Swedish

Adjective

distributive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of distributiv.