encodes

Verb

encode (third-person singular simple present encodes, present participle encoding, simple past and past participle encoded)

1. (transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
   • encode a secret message to be sent

   Synonyms:

   encipher, encrypt

   Antonyms:

   decode, decipher, decrypt

2. (transitive) To convert source information into another form.
   • The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes.2012, Ben Masters, Noughties
3. To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
   • Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John and Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key...

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