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clone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clone has 3 senses
- clone(n = noun.person) dead ringer, ringer - a person who is almost identical to another; Array is a kind of double, image, look-alike
- clone(n = noun.group) clon - a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; Array is a kind of being, organism
- clone(n = noun.artifact) knockoff - an unauthorized copy or imitation; Array is a kind of copy
Derived form verb clone1
Verb clone has 1 sense
- clone(v = verb.creation) Array - make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays" is one way to copy, re-create
Derived form noun clone2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
clone, n.
- a group of organisms derived from a single individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast. [WordNet 1.5]
- an individual organism containing a genetic complement identical to that of another organism, produced by using the genetic material from the second animal in a non-sexual reproduction process. [PJC]
- something virtually identical to another object. [PJC]
clone, v. t.
- to make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction. [WordNet 1.5]
- to grow colonies of a microorganism by spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a concentration such that individual colonies will grow from single cells sufficiently well separated from other colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single organism can be isolated. [WordNet 1.5]
- to make large quantities of a segment of DNA by inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clone, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a group of organisms produced asexually from one stock or ancestor. b one such organism.
2 a person or thing regarded as identical with another.
--v.tr. propagate as a clone.
--n.
1 a a group of organisms produced asexually from one stock or ancestor. b one such organism.
2 a person or thing regarded as identical with another.
--v.tr. propagate as a clone.
Derivative
clonal adj.
Etymology
Gk klon twig, slip
THESAURUS
clone
Photostat, Xerox, copy, counterpart, ditto, double, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, hectograph, manifold, microcopy, microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, model, multigraph, quadruplicate, reduplicate, repetition, replica, replicate, replication, representation, reproduce, reproduction, stat, trace, transcribe, triplicate
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