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methylating

methylating is the present participle and gerund of methylate.

Meaning of methylate

Verb

methylate (third-person singular simple present methylates, present participle methylating, simple past and past participle methylated)

  1. To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)
  2. To add a methyl group to a compound
  3. To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression

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Adjective

methylating (not comparable)

  1. That methylates

Words formed from methylating

Questions about methylating

What does methylating mean?
Methylating means that methylates.
What is methylating the present participle and gerund of?
Methylating is the present participle and gerund of methylate.
What part of speech is methylating?
Methylating is an adjective.

Words near methylating in the dictionary

  1. methylate
  2. methylated
  3. methylated spirit
  4. methylated spirits
  5. methylates
  6. methylating
  7. methylation
  8. methylational
  9. methylations
  10. methylator
  11. methylators

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