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decapped

UK/diːˈkæpt/

decapped adjective: describing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed. Also the simple past and past participle of decap.

Adjective

decapped (comparative more decapped, superlative most decapped)

  1. Describing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed
  2. Decapitalized.
    • The Department of State, it seems to me, should not be half-decapped by writing it “State department,” […]2011 August 3, William Safire, Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade, Random House, →ISBN

Also used as

decapped is also the simple past and past participle of decap.

Forms of decapped

comparativemore decapped
superlativemost decapped

Questions about decapped

What does decapped mean?
Decapped means describing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed.
What part of speech is decapped?
Decapped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce decapped?
Decapped is pronounced /diːˈkæpt/ (UK).

Words near decapped in the dictionary

  1. decapoises
  2. decapolar
  3. Decapolis
  4. Decapolitan
  5. Decapolitans
  6. decapped
  7. decapper
  8. decappers
  9. decapping
  10. decappings
  11. decaprenoxanthin

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