"BLAST" meaning in English

See BLAST in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} BLAST
  1. (biology) An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-BLAST-en-name-6hl5gcyR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Verb

Forms: BLASTs [present, singular, third-person], BLASTing [participle, present], BLASTed [participle, past], BLASTed [past]
Etymology: An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. Head templates: {{en-verb}} BLAST (third-person singular simple present BLASTs, present participle BLASTing, simple past and past participle BLASTed)
  1. (biology, informal, transitive) Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST) Tags: alt-of, informal, transitive Alternative form of: blast (extra: to run a sequence through BLAST) Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-BLAST-en-verb-uls~MEO- Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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