Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Generant \Gen"er*ant\, a. [L. generans, p. pr. of generare.]
   Generative; producing; esp. (Geom.), acting as a generant.

Generant \Gen"er*ant\, n.
   1. That which generates. --Glanvill.

   2. (Geom.) A generatrix.