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kilobase

/ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
kilo-base
IPA
/ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand.

noun

A length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides.

Etymology

From kilo- + base.

Inflected Forms

kilobases (plural)

Derived Forms

multikilobase

Frequently Paired Words

megabase

Synonyms

kb kbp kilobase pair

Questions

How do you pronounce kilobase?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs/.
What does kilobase mean?
A length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand.
Where does kilobase come from?
From kilo- + base.

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