• Semi-palindrome

    Origin

    From the prefix "semi-" meaning "half" and "palindrome," indicating a partial or variant form of a palindrome.

    Noun

    semi-palindrome

    (plural semi-palindromes)
    1. (linguistics) A word or phrase that forms a different word or phrase when its letters are reversed.
    2. (linguistics) A word or phrase in which a small portion is palindromic, while the rest is not.
    3. (genetics) A sequence of DNA that can be superimposed with its reverse complement.
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