Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Haploid: having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Un-duplicating: where there was two identical copies, deleting the redundant copy. Analogy to haploid in genetics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Simple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Single.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Haplic: soil that is typical of its kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Qualifier: soil science
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- Combining form from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
