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base pair

base pair noun: a set of two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected with hydrogen bonds.

Noun

base pair (plural base pairs)

  1. (molecular biology) A set of two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected with hydrogen bonds.

base pair meaning in Tamil

base pair in Tamil

இணைப்படி

Forms of base pair

pluralbase pairs
alternative formbasepair

Words formed from base pair

Questions about base pair

What does base pair mean?
Base pair means a set of two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected with hydrogen bonds.
What is base pair in Tamil?
Base pair in Tamil is இணைப்படி. See Base pair meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is base pair?
Base pair is a noun.
What is the plural of base pair?
The plural of base pair is base pairs.

Words near base pair in the dictionary

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  6. base pair
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  8. base path
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  10. base pay
  11. base plate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: base pair (page history and authors); base pair (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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