Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 13
Gemmulation (n.) (Biol.) See Gemmation.
Gemmule (n.) (Bot.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons.
Gemmule (n.) (Bot.) One of the buds of mosses.
Gemmule (n.) (Bot.) One of the reproductive spores of algae.
Gemmule (n.) (Bot.) An ovule.
Gemmule (n.) (Biol.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
Gemmule (n.) (Biol.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See Pangenesis.
Gemmule (n.) The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity.
Gemmuliferous (a.) Bearing or producing gemmules or buds.
Gemmy (n.) Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.
The gemmy bridle glittered free. -- Tennyson.
Gemmy (n.) Spruce; smart. [Colloq. Eng.]
Gemote (n.) (AS. Hist.) A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men.
Gemote. () An assembly. Wittena gemote, during the time of the Saxons in England, signified an assembly of wise men. The parliament.
Gems (n.) [G.] (Zool.) The chamois.
Gemsbok (n.) (Zool.) A South African antelope ({Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.
Gems-horn (n.) (Mus.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Gemul (n.) (Zool.) A small South American deer ({Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns. [Written also guemul.]
-gen () A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.
-gen () A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
Gen (n.) Informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers".
Gen (n., v.) Short for generate, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts. generate
Gen, () To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program.
The opposite of parse.
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Gena () (Zool.) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
Gena () (Zool.) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
GENA, () General Event Notification Architecture (UPnP).
Genappe (n.) A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. -- Simmonds.
Gendarmes (n. pl. ) of Gendarme.
Gens d'armes (n. pl. ) of Gendarme.
Gendarme (n.) (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]
Gendarme (n.) An armed policeman in France. -- Thackeray.
Gendarmerie (n.) The French police force; the body of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively. [Also spelled gendarmery.]
Syn: gendarmery.
Gendarmery (n.) Same as gendarmerie.
Gendarmery (n.) French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively [syn: gendarmerie, gendarmery].
Gendarmery (n.) The body of gendarmes.
Gender (n.) Kind; sort. [Obs.] "One gender of herbs." -- Shak.
Gender (n.) Sex, male or female.
Note: The use of the term gender to refer to the sex of an animal, especially a person, was once common, then fell into disuse as the term became used primarily for the distinction of grammatical declension forms in inflected words. In the late 1900's, the term again became used to refer to the sex of people, as a euphemism for the term sex, especially in discussions
of laws and policies on equal treatment of sexes.
Objections by prescriptivists that the term should be used only in a grammatical context ignored the earlier uses.
Gender (n.) (Gram.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.
Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. -- R. Morris.
Note: Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer.
Gendered (imp. & p. p.) of Gender.
Gendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gender.
Gender (v. t.) To beget; to engender.
Gender (v. i.) To copulate; to breed. [R.] -- Shak.
Gender (n.) A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness [syn: gender, grammatical gender].
Gender (n.) The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus" [syn: sex, gender, sexuality].
Genderless (a.) Having no gender.
Gene (n.) [ C ] (C1) 基因 A part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from its parents.
// The illness is believed to be caused by a defective gene.
Geneagenesis (n.) (Biol.) Alternate generation. See under Generation.
Genealogic (a.) Genealogical.
Genealogic (a.) Of or relating to genealogy; "genealogical records" [syn: genealogic, genealogical].
Genealogical (a.) Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- Gen`e*a*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Genealogical tree, A family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.
Genealogical (a.) Of or relating to genealogy; "genealogical records" [syn: genealogic, genealogical].
Genealogist (n.) One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.
Genealogist (n.) An expert in genealogy.
Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.
Genealogies (n. pl. ) Of Genealogy.
Genealogy (n.) An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
Genealogy (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
Genealogy (n.) Successive generations of kin [syn: genealogy, family tree].
Genealogy (n.) The study or investigation of ancestry and family history.
Genealogy. () The summary history or table of a house or family, showing how the persons there named are connected together.
Genealogy. () It is founded on the idea of a lineage or family. Persons descended from the common father constitute a family. Under the idea of degrees is noted the nearness or remoteness, of relationship, in which one person stands with respect to another. A series of several persons, descended from a common progenitor, is called a line. (q. v.) Children stand to each other in the relation either of full blood or half blood, according as they are descended from the same parents, or have only one parent in common. For illustrating descent and relationship, genealogical tables are constructed, the order of which depends on the end in view. In tables, the object of which is to show all the individuals embraced in a family, it is usual to begin with the oldest progenitor, and to put all the persons of the male or female sex in descending, and then in collateral lines. Other tables exhibit the ancestors of a particular person in ascending lines both on the father's and mother's side. In this way 4, 8, 16, 32- &c. ancestors are exhibited, doubling at every degree. Some tables are constructed in the form of a tree, after the. model of canonical law, (arbor consanguinitatis,) in which the progenitor is placed beneath, as if for the root or stem. Vide Branch; Line.
Genearch (n.) The chief of a family or tribe.
Genera (n. pl.) See Genus.
Genus (n.) (Logic) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
Genus (n.) (Biol.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the
judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
Note: Thus in the animal kingdom the lion, leopard, tiger, cat, and panther are species of the Cat kind or genus, while in the vegetable kingdom all the species of oak form a single genus. Some genera are represented by a multitude of species, as Solanum (Nightshade) and Carex (Sedge), others by few, and some by only one known species.
Subaltern genus (Logic), A genus which may be a species of a higher genus, as the genus denoted by quadruped, which is also a species of mammal.
Summum genus [L.] (Logic), The highest genus; a genus which can not be classed as a species, as being.
Generability (n.) Capability of being generated. -- Johnstone.
Generable (a.) Capable of being generated or produced. -- Bentley.
General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion.
General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression.
General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.
This general applause and cheerful shout Argue your wisdom and your love to Richard. -- Shak.
General (a.) Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire. -- Milton.
General (a.) As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
His general behavior vain, ridiculous. -- Shak.
General (a.) Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.
Note: The word general, annexed to a name of office, usually denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general; adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster general; vicar-general, etc.
General agent (Law), An agent whom a principal employs to transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act in his affairs generally.
General assembly. See the Note under Assembly.
General average, General Court. See under Average, Court.
General court-martial (Mil.), The highest military and naval judicial tribunal.
General dealer (Com.), A shopkeeper who deals in all articles in common use.
General demurrer (Law), A demurrer which objects to a pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without specifying the defects. -- Abbott.
General epistle, A canonical epistle.
General guides (Mil.), Two sergeants (called the right, and the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy in marching. -- Farrow.
General hospitals (Mil.), Hospitals established to receive sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. -- Farrow.
General issue (Law), An issue made by a general plea, which traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once, without offering any special matter to evade it. -- Bouvier. -- Burrill.
General lien (Law), A right to detain a chattel, etc., until payment is made of any balance due on a general account.
General officer (Mil.), Any officer having a rank above that of colonel.
General orders (Mil.), Orders from headquarters published to the whole command.
General practitioner, In the United States, one who practices medicine in all its branches without confining himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices both as physician and as surgeon.
General ship, A ship not chartered or let to particular parties.
General term (Logic), A term which is the sign of a general conception or notion.
General verdict (Law), The ordinary comprehensive verdict in civil actions, "for the plaintiff" or "for the defendant". -- Burrill.
General warrant (Law), A warrant, now illegal, to apprehend suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn: General, Common, Universal.
Usage: Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and hence, that which is often met with. General is stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole.
Universal, that which pertains to all without exception. To be able to read and write is so common an attainment in the United States, that we may pronounce it general, though by no means universal.
General (n.) The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.
In particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads itself by degrees to generals. -- Locke.
General (n.) (Mil.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal.
Note: In the United States the office of General of the Army has been created by temporary laws, and has been held only by Generals U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, and P. H. Sheridan. Popularly, the title General is given to various general officers, as General, Lieutenant general, Major general, Brigadier general, Commissary general, etc. See Brigadier general, Lieutenant general, Major general, in the Vocabulary.
General (n.) (Mil.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.
General (n.) (Eccl.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule.
General (n.) The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] -- Shak.
In general, In the main; for the most part.
General (a.) Applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader" [ant: specific].
General (a.) Not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge".
General (a.) Prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent".
General (a.) Affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms" [ant: local].
General (a.) Somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise".
General (a.) Of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" -- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide].
General (n.) A general officer of the highest rank [syn: general, full general].
General (n.) The head of a religious order or congregation [syn: general, superior general].
General (n.) A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular" [ant: particular, specific].
General (v.) Command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"
General. () This word has several meanings, namely: 1. A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2. Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3. Principal, as the general post office.
General. () Not select, as a general ship. (q. v.) 5. Not particular, as a general custom. 6. Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7. This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly, &c.
Generalia (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms. -- J. S. Mill.
Generalissimo (n.) The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.
Generalissimo (n.) The officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief" [syn: commander in chief, generalissimo].
Generalities (n. pl. ) of Generality.
Generality (n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. -- Hooker.
Generality (n.) That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.
Let us descend from generalities to particulars. -- Landor.
The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. -- R. Choate.
Generality (n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind.
Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.
Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. -- Coleridge
Generalization (n.) The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Generalization (n.) A general inference.
Generalized (imp. & p. p.) of Generalize.
Generalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Generalize.
Generalize (v. t.) To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air. -- W. Nicholson.
Generalize (v. t.) To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule.
When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Generalize (v. t.) To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
Syn: generalize, extrapolate, infer.
A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts. -- Coleridge.
Generalize (v. t.) To speak in generalities; to talk in abstract terms.
Syn: generalise, speak generally.
Generalize (v. i.) To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
Generalize (v.) Draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer].
Generalize (v.) Speak or write in generalities [syn: generalize, generalise] [ant: particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify].
Generalize (v.) Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise].
Generalize (v.) Become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system" [syn: generalize, generalise].
Generalized (a.) (Zool.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
Generalized (a.) Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal" [syn: generalized, generalised].
Generalizer (n.) One who takes general or comprehensive views. -- Tyndall.
Generally (adv.) In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.
Generally (adv.) In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively.
Generally speaking, they live very quietly. -- Addison.
Generally (adv.) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. [Obs.]
I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee. -- 2 Sam. xvii. ll.
Generally (adv.) Usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" [syn: by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly].
Generally (adv.) Without distinction of one from others; "he is interested in snakes in general" [syn: generally, in general, in the main] [ant: specifically].
Generally (adv.) Without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly" [syn: broadly, loosely, broadly speaking, generally] [ant: narrowly].
Generalness (n.) The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Generalship (n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene. -- Goldsmith.
Generalship (n.) Military skill in a general officer or commander.
Generalship (n.) Fig.: Leadership; management.
An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust. -- Sterne.
Generalship (n.) The leadership ability of a military general.
Generalship (n.) The office and authority of a general [syn: generalship, generalcy].
Generalty (n.) Generality. [R.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Generant (a.) Generative; producing ; esp.
Generant (a.) (Geom.) Acting as a generant.
Generant (n.) That which generates. -- Glanvill.
Generant (n.) (Geom.) A generatrix.
Generated (imp. & p. p.) of Generate.
Generating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Generate.
Generate (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.
Generate (v. t.) To cause to be; to bring into life. -- Milton.
Generate (v. t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. -- Arbuthnot.
Generate
(v. t.)
(Math.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or
a magnitude of inferior order.
Generate (v.) Bring into
existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The
computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated
this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" [syn:
generate, bring forth].
Generate (v.) Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate].
Generate (v.) Produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity".
Generate (v.) Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth].
Generate (v. t.) To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program. The opposite of parse. This term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when used of human behavior. ? The guy is rational most of the time, but mention nuclear energy around him and he'll generate infinite flamage.?
Generate
Gen, () To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program.
The opposite of parse.
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Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.
Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
Generation (n.) That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.
Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. -- Gen. v. 1.
Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations. -- Baruch vi. 3.
All generations and ages of the Christian church. -- Hooker.
Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a dog? -- Shak.
Generation (n.) (Geom.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
Generation (n.) (Biol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.
Note: There are four modes of generation in the animal kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation, gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and oviparity or by ova.
Alternate generation (Biol.), Alternation of sexual with asexual generation, in which the products of one process differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically.
These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and from their impregnated germs the original parent form is reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to others by a like process, and these in turn to still other generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed which develops sexual organs, and the original form is reproduced.
Spontaneous
generation (Biol.),
The fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents
from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at
one time had many supporters; abiogenesis.
Generation (n.) All the people living
at the same time or of approximately the same age [syn: coevals,
contemporaries, generation].
Generation (n.) Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
Generation (n.) The normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade".
Generation (n.) A stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers".
Generation (n.) A coming into being [syn: genesis, generation].
Generation (n.) The production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity".
Generation (n.) The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production [syn: generation, multiplication, propagation].
Generation, () An attempt to classify the degree of sophistication of programming languages.
See First generation language -- Fifth generation language.
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Generation, () Gen. 2:4, "These are
the generations," means the "history." 5:1, "The book of
the generations," means a family register, or history of Adam. 37:2,
"The generations of Jacob" = the history of Jacob and his
descendants. 7:1, "In this generation" = in this age. Ps. 49:19,
"The generation of his fathers" = the dwelling of his fathers, i.e.,
the grave. Ps. 73:15, "The generation of thy children" = the
contemporary race. Isa. 53:8, "Who shall declare his generation?" =
His manner of life who shall declare? or rather = His race, posterity, shall be
so numerous that no one shall be able to declare it.
In Matt. 1:17, the word means a succession or series of persons from the same
stock. Matt. 3:7, "Generation of vipers" = brood of vipers. 24:34,
"This generation" = the persons then living contemporary with Christ.
1 Pet. 2:9, "A chosen generation" = a chosen people.
The Hebrews seem to have reckoned time by the generation. In the time of Abraham a generation was an hundred years, thus: Gen. 15:16, "In the fourth generation" = in four hundred years (comp. verse 13 and Ex. 12:40). In Deut. 1:35 and 2:14 a generation is a period of thirty-eight years.
Generative (a.) Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. "That generative particle." -- Bentley.
Generative (a.) Having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive] [ant: consumptive].
Generative (a.) Producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: generative, procreative, reproductive].