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.
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