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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gene /dʒin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geneticsthe basic physical unit of heredity;
a part of cells that provides the coded instructions for the production of RNA, which, when translated into protein, controls how living things develop and grow.
See -gen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gene ( jēn),USA pronunciation n. - Geneticsthe basic physical unit of heredity;
a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- German Gen (1909), apparently abstracted from -gen -gen; introduced by Danish geneticist Wilhelm Latin. Johannsen (1857–1927)
- 1911
- a male given name, form of Eugene.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gene /dʒiːn/ n - a unit of heredity composed of DNA occupying a fixed position on a chromosome (some viral genes are composed of RNA). A gene may determine a characteristic of an individual by specifying a polypeptide chain that forms a protein or part of a protein (structural gene); or encode an RNA molecule; or regulate the operation of other genes or repress such operation
Etymology: 20th Century: from German Gen, shortened from Pangen; see pan-, -gen Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -gene suffix forming nouns - a variant of -gen
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