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thermal cycler

thermal cycler noun: a laboratory device in which a polymerase chain reaction is carried out repeatedly in cycles which in turn amplifies the sample DNA segments. The instrument contains a thermal block which contains the DNA samples and can precisely control the internal temperature.

Noun

thermal cycler (plural thermal cyclers)

  1. A laboratory device in which a polymerase chain reaction is carried out repeatedly in cycles which in turn amplifies the sample DNA segments. The instrument contains a thermal block which contains the DNA samples and can precisely control the internal temperature.

Forms of thermal cycler

pluralthermal cyclers

Questions about thermal cycler

What does thermal cycler mean?
Thermal cycler means a laboratory device in which a polymerase chain reaction is carried out repeatedly in cycles which in turn amplifies the sample DNA segments. The instrument contains a thermal block which contains the DNA samples and can precisely control the internal temperature.
What part of speech is thermal cycler?
Thermal cycler is a noun.
What is the plural of thermal cycler?
The plural of thermal cycler is thermal cyclers.

Words near thermal cycler in the dictionary

  1. thermal conductivities
  2. thermal conductivity
  3. thermal contact
  4. thermal credit
  5. thermal credits
  6. thermal cycler
  7. thermal cyclers
  8. thermal death time
  9. thermal death times
  10. thermal design power
  11. thermal desorption

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