mispairing
mispairing is the present participle and gerund of mispair.
Meaning of mispair
Verb
mispair (third-person singular simple present mispairs, present participle mispairing, simple past and past participle mispaired)
- To pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.
- Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds...
Noun
mispairing (plural mispairings)
- An incorrect pairing.
Forms of mispairing
| plural | mispairings |
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Questions about mispairing
- What does mispairing mean?
- Mispairing means an incorrect pairing.
- What is mispairing the present participle and gerund of?
- Mispairing is the present participle and gerund of mispair.
- What part of speech is mispairing?
- Mispairing is a noun.
- What is the plural of mispairing?
- The plural of mispairing is mispairings.
Words near mispairing in the dictionary
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