English
genetic
Pronunciation
  • enPR: jə-nĕt'ĭk, IPA: [d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk], [d͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk]
Adjective

genetic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes. [from 1908]
  2. Caused by genes.
  3. Of or relating to origin (genesis). [from 1831]
    • 1858, Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858 ↗
      All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.
  4. (linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.
    Chinese has borrowed several words from English, but it does not have a genetic relationship to English.
  5. (theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.
Synonyms Related terms Translations

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
Offline English dictionary