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chemoton

chemoton noun: a fundamental unit of life; a computational abstraction of a protocell, having the properties of metabolism and self-replication and a bilipid membrane.

Noun

chemoton (plural chemotons)

  1. A fundamental unit of life; a computational abstraction of a protocell, having the properties of metabolism and self-replication and a bilipid membrane.

Forms of chemoton

pluralchemotons

Origin of chemoton

Short for chemical automaton; introduced by Hungarian theoretical biologist Tibor Gánti.

Questions about chemoton

What does chemoton mean?
Chemoton means a fundamental unit of life; a computational abstraction of a protocell, having the properties of metabolism and self-replication and a bilipid membrane.
What part of speech is chemoton?
Chemoton is a noun.
What is the plural of chemoton?
The plural of chemoton is chemotons.

Words near chemoton in the dictionary

  1. chemotherapist
  2. chemotherapists
  3. chemotherapy
  4. chemothermal
  5. chemotic
  6. chemoton
  7. chemotons
  8. chemotopic
  9. chemotopically
  10. chemotopy
  11. chemotoxic

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