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palindrome
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pal·in·drome  (pln-drm)
n.
1. A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
2. A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.

[From Greek palindromos, running back again, recurring : palin, again; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots + dromos, a running.]

palin·dromic (-drmk, -drmk) adj.

palindrome [ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm]
n
a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba
[from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + -drome]
palindromic  [ˌpælɪnˈdrɒmɪk] adj
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Noun1.palindrome - a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Translations
palindrome [ˈpælɪndrəʊm] Npalíndromo m
palindrome
nPalindrom nt


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