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gigabase

gigabase noun: one billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid.

Noun

gigabase (plural gigabases)

  1. One billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid
    Synonyms:
    Gb

Synonyms of gigabase

Forms of gigabase

pluralgigabases

Origin of gigabase

From giga- + base.

Questions about gigabase

What does gigabase mean?
Gigabase means one billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid.
What part of speech is gigabase?
Gigabase is a noun.
What is the plural of gigabase?
The plural of gigabase is gigabases.

Words near gigabase in the dictionary

  1. gigaamps
  2. gigaannum
  3. gigaannums
  4. gigabarrel
  5. gigabarrels
  6. gigabase
  7. gigabasepair
  8. gigabasepairs
  9. gigabases
  10. gigabaud
  11. gigabecquerel

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