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kilobase

noun
/ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs/

Etymology

From kilo- + base.

  1. derived from βάσις
  2. derived from basis
  3. derived from base
  4. inherited from base
  5. prefixed as kilobase — “kilo + base”

Definitions

  1. A length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each…

    A length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand.

  2. A length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides.

The neighborhood

Derived

multikilobase

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kilobase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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