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genelike

genelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of genes.

Adjective

genelike (comparative more genelike, superlative most genelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of genes.
    • They studied the genelike building blocks in more than 250 examples of collective intelligence enabled by the Web. The intent, they write, is to provide a systematic framework for thinking about collective intelligence, so “managers can do more than just look at examples and hope for inspiration.”2009 July 19, Steve Lohr, “The Crowd Is Wise (When It’s Focused)”, in New York Times

Forms of genelike

comparativemore genelike
superlativemost genelike

Origin of genelike

From gene + -like.

Questions about genelike

What does genelike mean?
Genelike means resembling or characteristic of genes.
What part of speech is genelike?
Genelike is an adjective.

Words near genelike in the dictionary

  1. geneflow
  2. geneflows
  3. geneless
  4. genelet
  5. genelets
  6. genelike
  7. Genelle
  8. Genelles
  9. genengineer
  10. genengineered
  11. genengineering

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