palindrome

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

palindrome

séquence palindromique

palindrome de lettres

Synonymes

palindromic sequence

circular

witticism

wordplay

Traductions

Palindrom

palindroom

palindromo

palíndromo

palíndromo

palíndrom

palindrom

capicúa

القراءة العكسية أو الطردية

καρκινική επιγραφ

καρκίνοι

radar

palîndrom

واروخوانه

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpælɪndɹəʊm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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).