linker
See also: Linker
English
Etymology
link + -er (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Looking especially for the first uses of the software tool sense”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkə/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Noun
linker (plural linkers)
- That which links.
- Coordinate term: linkee
- (software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
- (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
- (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
- (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
computer program that assembles objects
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short oligonucleotide
Verb
linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)
- (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
- 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
- 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).
- 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
linker (not comparable)
- left
- Er zit een vlek op je linker broekspijp.
- There’s a spot on your left trouserleg.
Inflection
Declension of linker | ||||
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uninflected | linker | |||
inflected | linker | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | ||||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | linker | ||
n. sing. | linker | |||
plural | linker | |||
definite | linker | |||
partitive |
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Antonyms
Adjective
linker
German
Etymology
From Middle High German linc, lenc also: linkisch.
Pronunciation
Adjective
linker
- inflection of link:
See also
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