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Article #4302Re: looking for the right word
From: Howard J. Scrimgeour
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 20:19
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 20:19
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In article <3790@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
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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?
How about "polynucleotide"? The word for "n-mer" is definitely "polymer".
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!ziebmef!hjsdvm From: hjsdvm@ziebmef.uucp (Howard J. Scrimgeour) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: looking for the right word Message-ID: <1989Jun7.161920.24095@ziebmef.uucp> Date: 7 Jun 89 20:19:18 GMT References: <3790@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: hjsdvm@ziebmef.UUCP (Howard J. Scrimgeour) Organization: Ziebmef Public Access Unix, Toronto, Ontario Lines: 17