Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dna sequence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: dna se-quence
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The string of base pairs (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) which, when arranged in triplets to form codons, create a DNA string which encodes polypeptides.

Inflected Forms

DNA sequences (plural)

Phrases

DNA sequencing

Frequently Paired Words

DNA sequencing

Questions

What does dna sequence mean?: The string of base pairs (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) which, when arranged in triplets to form codons, create a DNA string which encodes polypeptides.

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