New American Oxford Dictionary
gen
gen |dʒɛn |Brit. informal ▶noun [ mass noun ] information: you've got more gen on him than we have. ▶verb ( gens, genning, genned ) [ with obj. ] (gen someone up ) provide (someone ) with information. • [ no obj. ] (gen up on ) find out about: I gen up on any developments with my manageress. ORIGIN Second World War (originally used in the armed services ): perhaps from the first syllable of general information .
Oxford Dictionary
gen
gen |dʒɛn |Brit. informal ▶noun [ mass noun ] information: you've got more gen on him than we have. ▶verb ( gens, genning, genned ) [ with obj. ] (gen someone up ) provide (someone ) with information. • [ no obj. ] (gen up on ) find out about: I gen up on any developments with my manageress. ORIGIN Second World War (originally used in the armed services ): perhaps from the first syllable of general information .
Duden Dictionary
Gen
Gen Substantiv, Neutrum Biologie , das |G e n |das Gen; Genitiv: des Gens, Plural: die Gene geprägt von dem dänischen Botaniker W. Johannsen (1857 –1927 ), zu griechisch génos, -gen Abschnitt der DNA als lokalisierter Träger einer Erbanlage, eines Erbfaktors, der die Ausbildung eines bestimmten Merkmals bestimmt, beeinflusst
Spanish Dictionary
gen
gen nombre masculino Partícula de material genético que, junto con otras, se halla dispuesta en un orden fijo a lo largo de un cromosoma, y que determina la aparición de los caracteres hereditarios en los seres vivos :el color del pelo y de los ojos de las personas está determinado por los genes .SINÓNIMO gene .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gen
gen /dʒen /〖⦅軍俗 ⦆gen eral informationの短縮形 〗 (!⦅英 くだけて やや古 ⦆) 名詞 U 〖通例the ~〗 «…に関する » 情報 «on » .動詞 ~s ; ~ned ; ~ning 自動詞 «…について » 十分に知る (up ) «on » .他動詞 «…について » 〈人 〉に知らせる (up ) «on , about » .
Gen
Gen .General ; Genesis ; Geneva .