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biocoding

biocoding is the present participle and gerund of biocode.

Meaning of biocode

Verb

biocode (third-person singular simple present biocodes, present participle biocoding, simple past and past participle biocoded)

  1. To encode using biological signals or markers.
    • In fact, then there is no reason why complex carbohydrates should shy at competition with nucleic acids and proteins for the top spot in high-density biocoding.2011, Hans-Joachim Gabius, The Sugar Code: Fundamentals of Glycosciences, →ISBN
  2. To classify biological organisms by assigning biocodes to them.
    • And the money's still flooding in, there'll be biocoding work for the next decade.2013, Richard Morgan, The Complete SF Collection, →ISBN

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Questions about biocoding

What is biocoding the present participle and gerund of?
Biocoding is the present participle and gerund of biocode.

Words near biocoding in the dictionary

  1. biocoating
  2. biocoatings
  3. biocode
  4. biocoded
  5. biocodes
  6. biocoding
  7. biocoenological
  8. biocoenologically
  9. biocoenology
  10. biocoenose
  11. biocoenoses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biocoding (page history and authors); biocode (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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