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▪ I. generating, vbl. n.|ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb generate.
1605Bacon Adv. Learning ii. Ded. §9. 3 As those which are ordained for generating and propagating of sciences. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 263 Every Creature of it selfe [would be] in a like power of Generating, one as much as another. 1846Greener Sc. Gunnery 249 All these occurrences are perfectly dependant on a knowledge of the generating of the explosive force.
▪ II. generating, ppl. a.|ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That generates, in senses of verb; esp. of geometrical magnitudes (generating line, generating circle, etc.) and (in modern use) of electric apparatus. generating function (see quot. 1838); generating station, a power station for the generation of electricity; generating surface, the heating surface of a boiler (Knight).
1706W. Jones Syn. Palmar. Matheseos 260 The Cycloidal Space..between the Curve and the Circle is..= Generating Circle. 1807Hutton Course Math. II. 276 Hitherto the generating line, or plane, has been considered as of a constant and invariable magnitude. 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 113/1 The term generating function is a name given by Laplace to any function of x, considered with reference to the coefficients of its expansion in powers of x. 1849D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 18 The small tube of the generating apparatus being bent straight passes down into the wash solution. 1854Ct. E. de Warren tr. De Saulcy's Dead Sea II. 127 The generating arch is not then quite half a circumference. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sach's Bot. 156 The generating member, since it continues to grow during the branching, may form numerous lateral members. 1894Daily News 6 Apr. 6/1 The supply being from storage batteries, it..is not affected by temporary stoppage of the generating plant. 1898Ibid. 13 June 7/3 The Company are practically reconstructing their electrical generating station. 1959Chambers's Encycl. V. 93/1 The capacities of some of the largest generating stations. |