Found 3 items, similar to clone.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: clone
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: clone
clone
n 1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn:
ringer,
dead ringer]
2: a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived
from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual
reproduction [syn:
clon]
3: an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn:
knockoff]
v : make multiple identical copies of;
“people can clone a sheep
nowadays”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: clone
clone
\clone\ (kl[=o]n), n.
1. (Biol.) a group of organisms derived from a single
individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used
mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast.
Syn: clon.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Biol.) an individual organism containing a genetic
complement identical to that of another organism, produced
by using the genetic material from the second animal in a
non-sexual reproduction process.
[PJC]
3. something virtually identical to another object.
[PJC]
clone
\clone\ v. t.
1. (Biol.) to make a clone from; to make identical copies of
an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Microbiol.) to grow colonies of a microorganism by
spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid
growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a
concentration such that individual colonies will grow from
single cells sufficiently well separated from other
colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single
organism can be isolated.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Biochem.) to make large quantities of a segment of DNA by
inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA
of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in
large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone.
[PJC]