"chemoton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chemotons [plural]
Etymology: Short for chemical automaton; introduced by Hungarian theoretical biologist Tibor Gánti. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chemoton (plural chemotons)
  1. A fundamental unit of life; a computational abstraction of a protocell, having the properties of metabolism and self-replication and a bilipid membrane. Wikipedia link: chemoton
    Sense id: en-chemoton-en-noun-1gTHxjbG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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