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Synonyms for mutation
myuˈteɪ ʃənmu·ta·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
mutationnoun
A change is a passing from one state or form to another, any act or process by which a thing becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a change was taking place, or the change that had taken place was manifest. Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune. Novelty is a change to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of novelty. Revolution is specifically and most commonly a change of government. Variation is a partial change in form, qualities, etc., but especially in position or action; as, the variation of the magnetic needle or of the pulse. Variety is a succession of changes or an intermixture of different things, and is always thought of as agreeable. Vicissitude is sharp, sudden, or violent change, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the vicissitudes of politics. Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood. An innovation is a change that breaks in upon an established order or custom; as, an innovation in religion or politics. For the distinctions between the other words compare the synonyms for CHANGE, v. In the religious sense regeneration is the vital renewing of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; conversion is the conscious and manifest change from evil to good, or from a lower to a higher spiritual state; as, in Luke xxii, 32, "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration.
Synonyms:
alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitudeAntonyms:
constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformityPreposition:
We have made a change for the better; the change from winter to spring; the change of a liquid to or into a gas; a change in quality; a change by absorption or oxidation.
Princeton's WordNet
mutant, mutation, variation, sportnoun
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Synonyms:
sportsman, fun, fluctuation, sportswoman, mutant, play, genetic mutation, summercater, magnetic variation, athletics, variation, sport, variant, version, magnetic declination, chromosomal mutation, variance, edition, pas seulmutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutationnoun
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
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mutant, chromosomal mutation, variation, sport, genetic mutationmutationnoun
a change or alteration in form or qualities
Synonyms:
mutant, chromosomal mutation, variation, sport, genetic mutation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
mutationnoun
Synonyms:
change, alteration, variation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "mutation":
mutations, deployment, transfer, transformation, posting, change, mutant
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#292 | version | |
#347 | change | |
#516 | play | |
#719 | edition | |
#731 | fun | |
#1291 | sport | |
#1337 | transfer | |
#1657 | variety | |
#2781 | posting | |
#2934 | conversion | |
#3677 | transition | |
#3771 | revolution | |
#3812 | diversity | |
#3936 | innovation | |
#5237 | athletics | |
#5603 | transformation | |
#5722 | variation | |
#6111 | renewal | |
#6278 | deployment | |
#9225 | variance | |
#9736 | novelty | |
#10860 | variant | |
#10944 | mutant | |
#11521 | mutation | |
#12346 | regeneration | |
#12874 | mutations | |
#14250 | alteration | |
#22045 | sportsman | |
#26230 | renewing | |
#30864 | fluctuation | |
#69728 | transmutation | |
#220438 | sportswoman | |
#320325 | vicissitude |
How to use mutation in a sentence?
Proteins are very flexible in their abilities to interact with receptors or antibodies; they are capable of [tolerating] mutation in quite a number of different ways to achieve the same endpoint.
As we refined the sophistication of the approach and the mutation classification, the algorithms and the sequencing, it has become clear that this was a big challenge that would require coordinated investment and organisation, we have to collect five to ten thousand tumour samples and normal blood, we have to quality-control the DNA sequencing and do the data management and statistics -- it's a combination of large-scale epidemiology and large-scale genomics that haven't been married together in this way before.
We are in a very tough situation... There is no country in Europe with a higher documented proportion of the British mutation.
This shows what a remarkable drug it is and the importance of finding this mutation in people like Kirk.
There is a correlation between a common and avoidable risk factor, that is smoking, and the most common human mutation -- loss of the Y chromosome, this ... may in part explain why men in general have a shorter life span than women and why smoking is more dangerous for men.
Translations for mutation
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- mutacióCatalan, Valencian
- mutaceCzech
- treigladWelsh
- mutationDanish
- MutationGerman
- μετάλλαξηGreek
- mutaciónSpanish
- جهشPersian
- mutaatioFinnish
- mutationFrench
- athrúIrish
- mùthadhScottish Gaelic
- mutációHungarian
- մուտացիաArmenian
- mutasiIndonesian
- stökkbreytingIcelandic
- 突然変異, 変異Japanese
- 변형, 변이Korean
- mutaçãoPortuguese
- мутацияRussian
- mutationSwedish
- பிறழ்வுTamil
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