Definitions

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  • adjective genetics Describing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed
  • adjective computing Converted from uppercase to lowercase

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Examples

  • There must be something, the head decapped and must be some wire, tied up with a cement block or some heavy thing sink the body in the bottom of the water.

    CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2003 2003

  • I have seen new chips turn up that once decapped and FIB'd were seen to be * exact* copies of designs from the firm I worked for, complete with the same faults - but that's what you get for using a Chinese fab.

    Slashdot: Your Rights Online 2008

  • That’s the long way of saying that this is for mature audiences because of the massive amounts of naked boobies and decapped heads.

    Comic Review: Northlanders Vol. 1: Sven the Returned | Fandomania 2009

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