01 a. Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descript…
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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.
Phrases & compounds
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.