De-scrip'tive, a.

a. [Fr. descriptif, Sp. descriptivo, It. descrittivo.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description: as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.

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. Math. Dict.