productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ adjective7 •Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. •Yielding good or useful results; constructive. •Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract. •Of inflammation, producing new tissue. •Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services. •Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words. •A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x. formsmore productive · most productive