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codon

codon

See also: codón and códon

English

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. A handbell used for summoning monks.[1][2]
  2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.[3]

Etymology 2

From code + -on.

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
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References

  1. Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, p. 3.
  2. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.
  3. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 1086.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -dɔ̃

Etymology

From English

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) codon

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

codon

  1. codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

References

  • codon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • codon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • codon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin