goneratrix

[Lat.] Math .: A point, line, or figure which by its motion gen crates a line, figure, or solid. gěněr-ic, a . [Lat. gener( is ) (gen it. of genus ) = a cla , a a kind; Eng. adj. suff. ic ; Fr. générique ; Ital. & Sp. gene rico .] rico . 1. Pertaining to a genus, cla , or kind; comprehending the genus as distinct from the species or from another genus; as, a generic description, that is, the description of a genus; a generic difference, a difference in genus; a generic name, a denomination which comprehends all the species belonging to a particular genus, as of animals, plants, .; thus Felis is the generic name of animals of the cat kind, Canis of those of the dog kind, . 2. Very wide, comprehensive, or extensive; pertaining to large or comprehensive cla es. "This is a generic term, applicable to every sort of mental enjoyment indiscriminately."-Cogan: On the Pa ions, vol. ii., dis. iii., ch. i. generic-area, s. Bot., Zool., & Geog .: An area to which a genus is limited. When there is one spot within this area where representatives of the genus abound more than they do in other parts of it, this is called its metropolis. 1989