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   clone

   /kləʊn/

   noun

   • 1. an organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical: "vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted"
   • ▪ a person or thing regarded as an exact copy of another: "guitarists who are labelled Hendrix clones"
   • ▪ a computer designed to simulate exactly the operation of another, typically more expensive, model: "an IBM PC clone"
   • 2. (within gay culture) a gay man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance and style of dress. informal

   verb

   • 1. propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone: "of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected"
   • ▪ make an identical copy of: "developers are planning to clone a historic Liverpool terrace"
   • ▪ replicate (a fragment of DNA placed in an organism) so that there is sufficient to analyse or use in protein production: "we have cloned DNA sequences added to the ends of the linear plasmid"
   • ▪ illegally copy the security codes from (a mobile phone) to one or more others as a way of obtaining free calls.

   Word Origin early 20th century: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cloner noun

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