Definition of gen
chiefly British
:information 2a
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as he has for decades, he gets most of his gen from the BBC over the wireless
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Last year's seventh gen U-series chip made it into Microsoft's Surface Laptop, which starts at $1,000, and more tablet-like devices with detachable keyboards known as 2-in-1s, like the 12-inch Samsung Galaxy Book, which costs about $1,300.
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Philips also continues to sell its second-gen starter kit, which was our previous Best Overall pick.
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Whereas the iPhone started smallish for a smartphone and has caved to the pressure to get big, my 2nd-gen Nano skinny and happily proportioned, like a business card that plays Weezer.
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The new car grows a bit on the same global B-car architecture that has been in use since the sixth-gen model arrived in 2008.
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The X399-based motherboard will feature eight DIMM slots for up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM, four x16 PCI-E gen.
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There also have been rumors, stoked due to a patent filing in 2014, that this next-gen Ram would have a split-door tailgate, but no center seam is evident on this test truck.
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Fire performance has been improved for this 7th gen model with a quad-core 1.3 GHz processor and 12-hour capacity rechargeable battery.
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Instead, all current-gen Xbox games will come out for both the Xbox One S and and Xbox One X, but with better, high-res graphics and other improvements on the higher-end box.
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Origin and Etymology of gen
perhaps from general information
gen Synonyms
Synonyms
advice (s), 411 [slang], news [chiefly British], info, information, intelligence, item, story, tidings, uncos [chiefly Scottish], wordRelated Words
announcement, bulletin, communication, correspondence, dispatch, message, reportage; dope, lowdown, scoop, tidbit (also titbit), tip; gossip, rumor, tale, tattle; feedback; disinformation, propagandaGen
abbreviation
Definition of Gen
Genesis
gen-
combining form
variants:
or
geno-
Definition of gen-
1
:offspring :race
- genocide
2
:genus :kind
- genotype
Origin and Etymology of gen-
Greek genos birth, race, kind — more at kin
-gen
noun combining form
variants:
or less commonly
-gene
Definition of -gen
1
:producer
- androgen
2
:one that is (so) produced
- cultigen
Origin and Etymology of -gen
French -gène, from Greek -genēs born; akin to Greek genos birth
GEN Defined for Kids
gen.
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Definition of gen. for Students
general
Medical Dictionary
gen
abbreviation
medical Definition of gen
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general
2
genus
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