"petabase" meaning in English

See petabase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: petabases [plural]
Etymology: From peta- + base. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|peta|base}} peta- + base Head templates: {{en-noun}} petabase (plural petabases)
  1. (genetics) 10¹⁵ bases in a nucleic acid

Inflected forms

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