palindrome
[ pal-in-drohm ]
/ ˈpæl ɪnˌdroʊm /
noun
a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
Biochemistry.
a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.
Origin of palindrome
1620–30; < Greek
palíndromos recurring, equivalent to
pálin again, back +
-dromos running (see
-drome)
OTHER WORDS FROM palindrome
pa·lin·dro·mist [puh-lin-droh-mist] /pəˈlɪn droʊ mɪst/, noun pal·in·drom·ic [pal-in-drom-ik, -droh-mik] /ˌpæl ɪnˈdrɒm ɪk, -ˈdroʊ mɪk/, pal·in·drom·i·cal, adjective pal·in·drom·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby palindrome
palilalia,
palilogy,
palimony,
palimpsest,
palimscope,
palindrome,
palindromia,
palindromic,
paling,
palingenesis,
palingenesist
Example sentences from the Web for palindromic
The English language, however, is not susceptible of any great amount of palindromic compositions.
British Dictionary definitions for palindromic
palindrome
/ (ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm) /
noun
a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba
Derived forms of palindrome
palindromic (ˌpælɪnˈdrɒmɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for palindrome
C17: from Greek
palindromos running back again, from
palin again +
-drome
Medical definitions for palindromic (1 of 2)
palindromic
[ păl′ĭn-drō′mĭk, -drŏm′ĭk ]
adj.
Relapsing; recurring.
Medical definitions for palindromic (2 of 2)
palindrome
[ păl′ĭn-drōm′ ]
n.
A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.