2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.
3. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
Syn.
— Product; produce; fruit; work; performance; composition.
PRODUCTIVE Pro*duc"tive, a. Etym: [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.]
1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.
2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. Spectator.
3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile;
profitable.
— Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv.
— Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.
PRODUCTIVITY
Pro`duc*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
Emerson.
Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the
productivity. Coleridge.
PRODUCTRESS
Pro*duc"tress, n.