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basepair

basepair is the alternative spelling of base pair.

Meaning of base pair

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.

Verb

basepair (third-person singular simple present basepairs, present participle basepairing, simple past and past participle basepaired)

  1. To bind separate DNA or RNA sequences by base pairs.

Forms of basepair

Noun
pluralbasepairs
Verb
third-person singular presentbasepairs
present participlebasepairing
past participlebasepaired
pastbasepaired

Words formed from basepair

Questions about basepair

What does basepair mean?
Basepair means to bind separate DNA or RNA sequences by base pairs.
What is basepair the alternative spelling of?
Basepair is the alternative spelling of base pair.
What part of speech is basepair?
Basepair is a verb.
What is the past tense of basepair?
The past tense of basepair is basepaired.

Words near basepair in the dictionary

  1. basenets
  2. basening
  3. basenji
  4. basenjis
  5. baseonemoside
  6. basepair
  7. basepaired
  8. basepairing
  9. basepairs
  10. basepath
  11. basepaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basepair (page history and authors); base pair (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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