Definitions for: Gen

[n] (British) informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"

Webster (1913) Definition: -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.

See Also: info, information