"multipotent" meaning in English

See multipotent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more multipotent [comparative], most multipotent [superlative]
Etymology: multi- + potent Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|potent}} multi- + potent Head templates: {{en-adj}} multipotent (comparative more multipotent, superlative most multipotent)
  1. Having the power to do many different things
    Sense id: en-multipotent-en-adj-zcPJR5pa
  2. (biology) Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-multipotent-en-adj-h2LDdZnD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 22 78 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: multipotency

Download JSON data for multipotent meaning in English (1.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "multi",
        "3": "potent"
      },
      "expansion": "multi- + potent",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "multi- + potent",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more multipotent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most multipotent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "multipotent (comparative more multipotent, superlative most multipotent)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "multipotency"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having the power to do many different things"
      ],
      "id": "en-multipotent-en-adj-zcPJR5pa",
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with multi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell"
      ],
      "id": "en-multipotent-en-adj-h2LDdZnD",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "multipotent"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with multi-"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "multi",
        "3": "potent"
      },
      "expansion": "multi- + potent",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "multi- + potent",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more multipotent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most multipotent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "multipotent (comparative more multipotent, superlative most multipotent)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "multipotency"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having the power to do many different things"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "multipotent"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.