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• Generic — means pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific members of the group. It may refer to:* Generic mood, a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like Snow is white * Generic antecedents, referents in… …   Wikipedia

• Generic — Ge*ner ic, Generical Ge*ner ic*al, a. [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. g[ e]n[ e]rique. See {Gender}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• generic — GENÉRIC, Ă, generici, ce, adj. Care aparţine unei categorii întregi, privitor la o categorie întreagă (de fiinţe, obiecte, fenomene); care cuprinde toate cazurile de acelaşi fel. ♦ (Substantivat, n.) Partea de la începutul sau de la sfârşitul… …   Dicționar Român

• generic — or generic term [jə ner′ik] adj. [ML genericus: see GENUS & IC] 1. of, applied to, or referring to a whole kind, class, or group; inclusive or general 2. without a brand name 3. without individual character or distinctive characteristics 4 …   English World dictionary

• generic — 1670s, belonging to a large group of objects, formed in English from L. gener , stem of genus kind (see GENUS (Cf. genus)) + IC (Cf. ic). Sense of not special, not brand name; in plain, cheap packaging, of groceries, etc., is from 1977 …   Etymology dictionary

• generic — general, *universal, common Analogous words: typical, *regular, normal: specific (see SPECIAL) Contrasted words: individual, peculiar, distinctive, Characteristic: particular, individual, *special …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• generic — [adj] common, general all encompassing, blanket, collective, comprehensive, inclusive, nonexclusive, sweeping, universal, wide; concept 530 Ant. exclusive, individual, particular, specific …   New thesaurus

• generic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) referring to a class or group; not specific. 2) (of goods) having no brand name. 3) Biology relating to a genus. DERIVATIVES generically adverb. ORIGIN from Latin genus stock, race …   English terms dictionary

• Generic — Refers to the characteristics and/or experience of the total universe of a coupon of MBS sector type; that is, in contrast to a specific pool or collateral group, as in a specific CMO issue. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * generic… …   Financial and business terms

• generic — Describes the characteristics and/or experience of the total universe of a coupon of MBS sector type; that is, in contrast to a specific pool or collateral group, as in a specific CMO issue. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * generic …   Financial and business terms