clone

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
4. (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
5. (slang) A Castro clone.

Verb

To create a clone of.

Έννοιες

κλώνος

κλωνοποιούμαι

κλωνοποιώ

Συνώνυμα

copy

double

clon

duplicate

ringer

dead ringer

multiply by two

photocopy

knockoff

reduplicate

counterfeit

reproduce

inbred line

carbon copy

pure strain

copies

echo

fake

feign

hardcopy

illustration

imitation

pure line

replica

replicate

simulate

Μεταφράσεις

clone

clone

Klon

clon

klonen

clone

clonare

kloon

clonar

cloner

clon

clonar

klonen

clonar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kloʊn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.