"frameshift" meaning in All languages combined

See frameshift on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: frameshifts [plural]
Etymology: From frame + shift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|frame|shift}} frame + shift Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frameshift (countable and uncountable, plural frameshifts)
  1. A frameshift mutation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-frameshift-en-noun-UC4qzlSz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20

Verb [English]

Forms: frameshifts [present, singular, third-person], frameshifting [participle, present], frameshifted [participle, past], frameshifted [past]
Etymology: From frame + shift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|frame|shift}} frame + shift Head templates: {{en-verb}} frameshift (third-person singular simple present frameshifts, present participle frameshifting, simple past and past participle frameshifted)
  1. To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
    Sense id: en-frameshift-en-verb-ojJREB2c

Inflected forms

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