Genus
1Genus — Ge nus (j[=e] n[u^]s), n.; pl. {Genera}. [L., birth, race, kind, sort; akin to Gr. ?. See {Gender}, and cf. {Benign}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Logic) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a …
2Genus — Genera redirects here. For the operating system, see Genera (operating system). For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). In biology, a genus (plural: genera) is a low level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and… …
3genus — noun (plural genera; also genuses) Etymology: Latin gener , genus birth, race, kind more at kin Date: 1551 1. a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic; specifically a category of biological… …
4Genus (disambiguation) — Genus, from the Latin genus, generis birth, race, stock, kind may refer to: *In Linnaean taxonomy, genus is the rank between family and species. * Genus (mathematics), a classifying property of a mathematical object ** Genus of a multiplicative… …
5Genus (mathematics) — In mathematics, genus has a few different, but closely related, meanings:TopologyOrientable surfaceThe genus of a connected, orientable surface is an integer representing the maximum number of cuttings along closed simple curves without rendering …
6Genus of a multiplicative sequence — In mathematics, the genus of a multiplicative sequence is a ring homomorphism, from the cobordism ring of smooth oriented compact manifolds to another ring, usually the ring of rational numbers.DefinitionA genus phi; assigns a number phi;( X ) to …
7Genus-differentia definition — A genus differentia definition is one in which a word or concept that indicates a species a specific type of item, not necessarily a biological category is described first by a broader category, the genus, then distinguished from other items in… …
8Genus (comics) — Infobox comic book title title =Genus imagesize = 200 caption = Cover of Genus #50. Art by Terrie Smith. schedule = format = ongoing = Y Anthology = y Erotic = y Furry = y multigenre=y publisher = Antarctic Press Radio Comix date = (Antarctic… …
9Genus plc — Infobox Company company name = Genus plc company logo = company type = Public (lse|GNS) foundation = 1933 location = Basingstoke, UK key people = John Hawkins, Chairman Richard Wood, CEO industry = Biotechnology products = revenue = £233.8… …
10Genus field — In algebraic number theory, the genus field G of a number field K is the maximal abelian extension of K which is obtained by composing an absolutely abelian field with K and which is unramified at all finite primes of K . The genus number of K is …
