Meaning

• Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

• Yielding good or useful results; constructive.

• Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.

• (of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.

• Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.

• Of inflammation, producing new tissue.

• A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

  "a productive set"