mutation

Meaning

1. Any alteration or change.
2. Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
3. A mutant.
4. An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
5. The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
6. A group of thrushes.

Concepts

mutation

change

variation

alteration

transmutation

mutant

transition

modification

transformation

freak

vicissitude

metamorphosis

exception

novelty

hybrid

chromosomal mutation

genetic mutation

sport

saltation

shift

permutation

variant

transfiguration

eccentric personality

variety

deviation

mutagenesis

commutation

umlaut

alternation

switch

turnover

varietysport

accident

discontinuity

mutate

muton

transposition

amendment

difference

flux

turning

strain

monster

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.