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Article #4291looking for the right word
From: Roy Smith
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1989 17:32
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1989 17:32
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I'm at a loss for a word. The generalization of first, second,
third, ... is nth. The generalization of primary, secondary, tertiary, ...
is n-ary. But, what is the generalization of mononucleotide, dinucleotide,
trinucleotide, tertranucleotide, ....? N-nucleotide doesn't sound right,
nor does nmer, which is more the generalizaion of monomer, dimer, trimer,
etc. Any suggestions?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: looking for the right word Message-ID: <3790@phri.UUCP> Date: 1 Jun 89 17:32:37 GMT Organization: Public Health Research Institute, NYC, NY Lines: 12