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petabase

petabase noun: 10¹⁵ bases in a nucleic acid.

Noun

petabase (plural petabases)

  1. 10¹⁵ bases in a nucleic acid

Forms of petabase

pluralpetabases

Origin of petabase

From peta- + base.

Questions about petabase

What does petabase mean?
Petabase means 10¹⁵ bases in a nucleic acid.
What part of speech is petabase?
Petabase is a noun.
What is the plural of petabase?
The plural of petabase is petabases.

Words near petabase in the dictionary

  1. Pet.
  2. PETA
  3. peta-
  4. PETA-phile
  5. PETA-philes
  6. petabase
  7. petabases
  8. petabecquerel
  9. petabecquerels
  10. petabit
  11. petabits

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