"codon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊdɒn/ Forms: codons [plural]
Etymology: From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|codon}} Latin codon, {{der|en|grc|κώδων}} Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} codon (plural codons)
  1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
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  2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.
    Sense id: en-codon-en-noun-EpalrE8a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊdɒn/ Forms: codons [plural]
Etymology: From code + -on. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|code|-on}} code + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} codon (plural codons)
  1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Hyponyms: anticodon, dicodon, homocodon, stop codon, start codon, tricodon, initiation codon, termination codon Meronyms: nucleotide Derived forms: intercodon, intracodon, multicodon Translations (sequence of three nucleotides): codó [masculine] (Catalan), 密碼子 /密码子 (mìmǎzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kodoni (Finnish), codon [masculine] (French), Codon [neuter] (German), kodon (Hungarian), codone [masculine] (Italian), コドン (kodon) (Japanese), 遺伝暗号 (iden'angō) (Japanese), ក្រមាណូ (krorm mea no) (Khmer), pūihokarihi (Maori), códon (Portuguese), кодо́н (kodón) [masculine] (Russian), три́плет (tríplet) [masculine] (Russian), codón [masculine] (Spanish), kodon (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-codon-en-noun-eBETyaak Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 3 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 7 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 6 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 50 7 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 48 7 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 49 6 45 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Etymology number: 2

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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iden'angō",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "word": "遺伝暗号"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krorm mea no",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "word": "ក្រមាណូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "word": "pūihokarihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "word": "códon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kodón",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кодо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tríplet",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́плет"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sequence of three nucleotides",
      "word": "kodon"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "codon"
  ],
  "word": "codon"
}

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