Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in the cell and is capable of self-replication and synthesis of RNA. DNA consists of two long chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix and joined by hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases adenine and thymine or cytosine and guanine. The sequence of nucleotides determines individual hereditary characteristics.
Wiktionary
- Defense Nuclear Agency.
- Did Not Answer.
- Did Not Arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment).
- Did Not Attend.
- Do Not Assume.
- Drugs 'n' alcohol.
- n. A substance in living beings which determines their form, and can be used to uniquely identify a person.
- n. biochemistry A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Biochemistry, Genetics), acronym abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid; -- more commonly used than the full name. See also RNA.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
Etymologies
- d(eoxyribo)n(ucleic) a(cid). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“DNA Activation in FOURTH DIMENSION tribes » Other » ~DNA ACTIVATION~ » topics » MATRIMANDIR -a scene about DNA Activation in FOURTH DIMENSION film..topic posted Sun, March 5, 2006 - 1:30 AM by Shiva”
“The matter of information storage in DNA is not explained by a chemical association existing among a subset of amino acids.”
“Stephen Meyer argues that the evidence of symbolic coding within DNA is consistent with the only observed causal source known to give rise to it i.e. conscious intelligence.”
“In his book The Making of the Fittest, Sean Carroll writes “the degree of similarity in DNA is an index of the [evolutionary] relatedness of species.””
“As Zach points out, coding in DNA is a chemical reaction too.”
“Perhaps our present and hopefully fleeting inability to quantify Information contained in DNA is due to our lack of thinking in multiple dimensions.”
“Using this definition, the amount of information in DNA is independant of what it codes for, or even whether it codes for something at all.”
“My explanation for the appearance of design in DNA is the classic evolutionary one.”
“UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Before the break, we asked what does the term DNA stand for?”
“It's become a part of the American vocabulary. but what does the term DNA stand for?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘DNA’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Polymers
"Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule."
-...cellulose, diamond, feldspar, nucleic acids, proteins, quartz, rubber, starch, wool, polyethylene, polypropylene, laminarin and 58 more...
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science (collective opinion)
random scientific terms from a group of one hundred 16-18 year olds to choose 100 words that, in their collective opinion, represent crucial factors and concepts influencing trends in science today...
acid, base, aggregation status, analysis, antimatter, apparatus, atmosphere, atom, bacteria, Big Bang, biodiversity, bioethics and 90 more...
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biological
( personal list, randomness )
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hypermobility, amphibious, immortality, cybernetic, endothelium, hyperform, biodiversity, adaptation, thermoregulation, ecophysiology, ectothermic, endothermic and 93 more... -
Biology Science words
Guard Cell, Gram, Metacognition, Prefrontal Cortex, Neural Pruning, Neuron, Glycolysis, Pyruvate, Kebs Cycle, Producer, Consumer, Food Web and 24 more...
Tweets
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