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单词 generable
释义

generable

[ jen-er-uh-buhl ]
/ ˈdʒɛn ər ə bəl /

adjective

capable of being generated or produced.

Origin of generable

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin generābil(is) creative, productive, equivalent to gener(āre) to beget, produce (see gender2) + -ābilis-able

OTHER WORDS FROM generable

gen·er·a·bil·i·ty, gen·er·a·ble·ness, nounun·gen·er·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby generable

gene map, gene mapping, gene patent, gene pool, genera, generable, general, General Accounting Office, general-adaptation syndrome, general admission, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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Example sentences from the Web for generable

  • The generable cosmos, therefore, was generated from the ingenerable Fire.

    Simon Magus|George Robert Stow Mead
  • Those things which are destructible, are all of them generable and changeable (γεννητὰ καὶ ἀλλοιωτὰ πάντα).

    Aristotle|George Grote
  • It is also ungenerable; for, if generable, there will be a possibility that at some time or other it did not exist.

    Aristotle|George Grote
  • The world moreover was generable, and had been generated from the manifested energy of the Fire.

    Simon Magus|George Robert Stow Mead

British Dictionary definitions for generable

generable
/ (ˈdʒɛnərəbəl) /

adjective

able to be generated

Word Origin for generable

C15: from Late Latin generābilis, from Latin generāre to beget
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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