RIP
Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences…Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated.
- a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
Examples
261 sentencesCardboard boxes rip easily.
Картонні коробки легко рвуться. — deniko
Boy, that was a rip-off.
Tom tried to rip us off.
Why did Tom rip us off?
Tom is trying to rip us off.
Origin
Originally coined in Selker et al. (1987) as an acronym for rearrangement induced premeiotOriginally coined in Selker et al. (1987) as an acronym for rearrangement induced premeiotically, which was later renamed repeat-induced point mutation in Cambareri et al. (1989).
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Synonyms
13 synonyms- a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current:riptidetide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart:rentsnagsplittear-n
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something:rentsplit
- a dissolute man in fashionable society:rakerakehellprofligatebloodroue
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- got ripped off
- ripped up the
- got ripped
- ripped open
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.