pal·in·drome
(păl′ĭn-drōm′)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- in
Indo-European roots +
dromos,
a running.]
pal′in·dro′mic (-drō′mĭk, -drŏm′ĭk) adj.
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palindrome
(ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm) na 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
[C17: from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + -drome]
palindromic, palindromical adj
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pal•in•drome
(ˈpæl ɪnˌdroʊm)
n. a word, line, verse, number, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam.
[1620–30; < Greek
palíndromos recurring =
pálin again, back +
-dromos running (see
-dromous)]
pal`in•drom′ic (-ˈdrɒm ɪk, -ˈdroʊ mɪk) adj.
pa•lin•dro•mist (pəˈlɪn droʊ mɪst) n.
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palindrome
A word or phrase that reads the same backwards.
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