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linker

noun
/ˈlɪŋkɚ/US/ˈlɪŋkə/UK

Etymology

From link + -er

  1. inherited from *kleng-✻
  2. inherited from *hlankaz✻ — “bendsome, flexible”
  3. inherited from *hlankiz✻
  4. derived from *hlenkr✻
  5. inherited from hlenċe
  6. inherited from linke
  7. formed as linker — “link + -er”

Definitions

  1. That which links.

  2. A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles…

    A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.

  3. A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used…

    A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.

    2. A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

    3. To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.

      • 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).

    4. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

linker DNA, polylinker

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA