gene | (noun) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | Synonyms: cistron, factor |
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genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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genealogy | (noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | - |
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(noun) successive generations of kin | Synonyms: family tree |
general | (noun) a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) | - |
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(noun) a general officer of the highest rank | Synonyms: full general |
(noun) the head of a religious order or congregation | Synonyms: superior general |
generalcy | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalship |
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generalisation | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generality, generalization |
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(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalization, induction, inductive reasoning |
(noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalization |
generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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generality | (noun) the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability | - |
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(noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
generalization | (noun) an idea or conclusion having general application | Synonyms: generalisation, generality |
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(noun) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | Synonyms: generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning |
(noun) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | Synonyms: generalisation, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: abstraction, generalisation |
generalship | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalcy |
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(noun) the leadership ability of a military general | - |
generation | (noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: multiplication, propagation |
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(noun) the production of heat or electricity | - |
(noun) a coming into being | Synonyms: genesis |
(noun) group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent | - |
(noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, contemporaries |
(noun) the normal time between successive generations | - |
(noun) a stage of technological development or innovation | - |
generator | (noun) engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction | - |
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(noun) an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas | - |
(noun) an electronic device for producing a signal voltage | - |
(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: author, source |
generic | (noun) any product that can be sold without a brand name | - |
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(noun) wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.) | Synonyms: generic wine |
generosity | (noun) acting generously | Synonyms: unselfishness |
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(noun) the trait of being willing to give your money or time | Synonyms: generousness |
generousness | (noun) the trait of being willing to give your money or time | Synonyms: generosity |
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genesis | (noun) a coming into being | Synonyms: generation |
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genet | (noun) agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail | Synonyms: Genetta genetta |
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geneticism | (noun) the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically | - |
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geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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genetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | Synonyms: genetic science |
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geneva | (noun) gin made in the Netherlands | Synonyms: Holland gin, Hollands |
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