genetic

[ juh-net-ik ]
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adjective
  1. Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.

  2. of, relating to, or produced by genes; genic.

  1. of, relating to, or influenced by geneses or origins.

Origin of genetic

1
First recorded in 1825–35; gene(sis) + -tic
  • Also ge·net·i·cal .

Other words from genetic

  • ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • hy·per·ge·net·ic, adjective
  • hy·per·ge·net·i·cal, adjective
  • hy·per·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • hy·per·ge·net·i·cal·ness, noun
  • non·ge·net·ic, adjective
  • non·ge·net·i·cal, adjective
  • non·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb

Other definitions for -genetic (2 of 2)

-genetic

  1. a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -genesis: parthenogenetic.

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How to use genetic in a sentence

  • The most influential attempt at a genetic classification of the various historical forms of government was that of Aristotle.

  • On the contrary, taking the genetic view of childhood should give us certain advantages.

    The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
  • Hundreds of thousands of years of genetic weeding-out have produced things that would give even an electronic brain nightmares.

    Deathworld | Harry Harrison
  • The intellectual nature of man is the same as that of angels who have no genetic connection with us.

    The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander Patterson
  • He did not employ the comparative and genetic methods to which we owe the chief scientific achievements of the last half-century.

    The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for genetic

genetic

genetical

/ (dʒɪˈnɛtɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to genetics, genes, or the origin of something

Origin of genetic

1
C19: from genesis

Derived forms of genetic

  • genetically, adverb

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