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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: -gen \-gen\ [(1) From Gr -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see {Genus}). (2) From Gr suffix -genh`s born. Cf F. -g[`e]ne.] 1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as amphigen, amidogen, halogen. 2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as exogen. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gen n : (British) informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers" From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: gen /jen/ n.,v. Short for {generate}, used frequently in both spoken and written contexts. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: gen {generate}
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