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Webster 1913 Edition


Regenerative

Re-gen′er-a-tive

(r?-j?n′?r-?-t?v)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate;
as,
regenerative
influences
.
H. Bushnell.
Regenerative furnace
(Metal.)
,
a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.

Definition 2024


regenerative

regenerative

English

Adjective

regenerative (comparative more regenerative, superlative most regenerative)

  1. That serves to regenerate.
  2. Being a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop.

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