malest

Adjective

male (not generally comparable, comparative maler or more male, superlative malest or most male)

1. (not comparable, usually) Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
   • male writers
2. (not comparable, usually) Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
   • stereotypically male interests
3. (not comparable, usually) Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
   • the male chromosome
4. (not comparable, usually) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
   • Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]1967, Symposium on Infectious Multiple Drug Resistance: Genetics, Molecular Nature, and Clinical Implications of R Factors, May 25, 1967, page 7
5. (figuratively, not comparable, usually) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
   • Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;1982, Popular Science, page 119

   Synonyms:

   plug

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