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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. {Descriptive anatomy}, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts but not of their textures. {Descriptive geometry}, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- {De*scrip"tive*ly}, adv -- {De*scrip"tive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: descriptive adj 1: serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage" [ant: {undescriptive}] 2: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics" [syn: {synchronic}] [ant: {diachronic}] 3: (grammar) describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language" [ant: {prescriptive}]
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