mutation
English
Alternative forms
- mutat. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MUTATIONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (change)#MUTATIONLate 14th century as Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MUTATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MUTATION mutacioun, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#MUTATION mūtātiō, both directly and via Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#MUTATION mutacion.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mjuˈteɪʃən/Category:English 3-syllable words#MUTATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MUTATION
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#MUTATIONAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#MUTATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/3 syllables#MUTATION
Noun
mutation (countable and uncountable, plural mutations)Category:English lemmas#MUTATIONCategory:English nouns#MUTATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#MUTATIONCategory:English countable nouns#MUTATIONCategory:English countable nouns#MUTATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MUTATION
- Any alteration or change.
- (geneticsCategory:en:Genetics#MUTATION) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
- 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 14 August 2013:
- Plant breeding is always a numbers game. […] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.Category:English terms with quotations#MUTATION
- A mutant.
- (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#MUTATION) 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.
- (lawCategory:en:Law#MUTATION) The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
- (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#MUTATION, collective noun) A group of thrushes.
- 1984, Virginia Wildlife, volume 45, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries:
- Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.Category:English terms with quotations#MUTATION
- 2010, Doug Bennet, Tim Tiner, The Complete Up North: A Guide to Ontario's Wilderness from Black Flies to the Northern Lights, page 57:
- Names for a group: A flute or mutation of thrushes.Category:English terms with quotations#MUTATION
- 2013, Jason Sacher, A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras, page 196:
- A Mutation of ThrushesCategory:English terms with quotations#MUTATION
The authors of the books of venery were not predicting Darwin with this term, but taking a cue from a common fable of the time.
Derived terms
- animutation
- antimutation
- aspirate mutation
- backmutation
- ectomutation
- endomutation
- epimutation
- extramutation
- frameshift mutation
- hard mutation
- heteromutation
- homomutation
- hypermutation
- hypomutation
- i-mutation
- intermutation
- intramutation
- intromutation
- macromutation
- macromutational
- macromutationism
- macromutationist
- megamutation
- mesomutation
- micromutation
- micromutational
- micromutationism
- micromutationist
- missense mutation
- mixed mutation
- multimutation
- mutational
- mutationally
- mutationism
- mutationist
- mutationless
- mutation pressure
- nasal mutation
- neomutation
- nonmutation
- nonsense mutation
- oncomutation
- paramutation
- pentamutation
- phosphomutation
- point mutation
- postmutation
- premutation
- radiomutation
- remutation
- retromutation
- silent mutation
- soft mutation
- spirant mutation
- stereomutation
- ultramutation
- vowel mutation
Related terms
Translations
References
- ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “mutation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#MUTATIONCategory:French terms derived from Middle French#MUTATION mutation, from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#MUTATIONCategory:French terms derived from Old French#MUTATION mutacion, borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#MUTATIONCategory:French terms derived from Latin#MUTATION mutātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ta.sjɔ̃/Category:French 3-syllable words#MUTATIONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#MUTATION
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MUTATIONAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MUTATIONAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MUTATIONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MUTATIONAudio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
mutation f (plural mutations)Category:French lemmas#MUTATIONCategory:French nouns#MUTATIONCategory:French countable nouns#MUTATIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MUTATIONCategory:French feminine nouns#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MUTATION
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: mutasyon
Further reading
- “mutation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
Etymology
From Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#MUTATIONCategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#MUTATION mutacion, borrowed from LatinCategory:Middle French terms borrowed from Latin#MUTATIONCategory:Middle French terms derived from Latin#MUTATION mutatio, mutationem.
Noun
mutation f (plural mutations)Category:Middle French lemmas#MUTATIONCategory:Middle French nouns#MUTATIONCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#MUTATIONCategory:Middle French feminine nouns#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MUTATIONCategory:Middle French countable nouns#MUTATION
Related terms
Descendants
- French: mutation
Swedish
Noun
mutation cCategory:Swedish lemmas#MUTATIONCategory:Swedish nouns#MUTATIONCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#MUTATIONCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with entries#MUTATIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MUTATION
- (countableCategory:Swedish countable nouns#MUTATION, uncountableCategory:Swedish uncountable nouns#MUTATION, geneticsCategory:sv:Genetics#MUTATION) mutation
- (countableCategory:Swedish countable nouns#MUTATION, uncountableCategory:Swedish uncountable nouns#MUTATION, by extension) mutation (alteration or change, more generally)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mutation | mutations |
| definite | mutationen | mutationens | |
| plural | indefinite | mutationer | mutationers |
| definite | mutationerna | mutationernas |
Related terms
See also
References
- “mutation”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “mutation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “mutation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)