American English pronunciation

How to pronounce gens

IPA transcription: ['dʒɛnz]

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Noun

  • family based on male descent

    “he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”

  • informal term for information

    “give me the gen on your new line of computers”

Usage examples

  • In this scenario, the daughter bacteria cells contain prophage and are known as lysogens.
  • This explains the choice of St. Erhard of Regensburg as patron saint of the church.
  • The surname does not appear on any coins of the gens.
  • In neuroscience, co-expression of cell surface and intracellular antigens can also be analyzed.
  • Weiss and Fagenson were childhood friends who grew up together in suburban Detroit.
  • Some pathogens exploit this process to invade the nervous system.
  • The city lies on the Regen River, which joins the Danube at Regensburg.
  • They are found in various environments, and the group includes some notable pathogens.
  • The immune system must recognize millions of potential antigens.
  • Wittgenstein argued that for some terms this is not the case.