(Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; birth + -logy. ] The doctrine or science of generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination. [ 1913 Webster ]

The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geom.) Same as Generation.