"enhancer" meaning in English

See enhancer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈhɑːnsə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈhænsɚ/ [General-American], /ɛnˈhænsɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enhancer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: enhancers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English enhance Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English enhancer From enhance + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|enhance|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English enhance Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English enhancer [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "enhancer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="enhancer"> From enhance + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} enhancer (plural enhancers)
  1. Something that enhances.
    Sense id: en-enhancer-en-noun-yRDgELQ5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47
  2. (genetics) A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes.
    Sense id: en-enhancer-en-noun-W2Z~ct47 Categories (other): Genetics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 30 70 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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