palindrome

Significat (Anglès)

1. A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
2. (broadly) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
3. (broadly) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
4. A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand

Conceptes

palíndrom

Sinònims

palindromic sequence

circular

witticism

wordplay

Traduccions

Palindrom

palindrome

palindroom

palíndromo

palindromo

palíndromo

palindrom

capicúa

séquence palindromique

القراءة العكسية أو الطردية

καρκίνοι

καρκινική επιγραφ

anagram

Zirkular

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpælɪndɹəʊm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”). By surface analysis, palin- + -drome (compare also velodrome and syndrome).