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pal·in·drome    Audio Help   [pal-in-drohm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
2.Biochemistry. a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.

[Origin: 1620–30; < Gk palíndromos recurring, equiv. to pálin again, back + -dromos running (see -drome)]

pa·lin·dro·mist    Audio Help   [puh-lin-droh-mist] Pronunciation Key, noun
pal·in·drom·ic    Audio Help   [pal-in-drom-ik, -droh-mik] Pronunciation Key, pal·in·drom·i·cal, adjective
pal·in·drom·i·cal·ly, adverb
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pal·in·drome    Audio Help   (pāl'ĭn-drōm')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
  2. A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.


[From Greek palindromos, running back again, recurring : palin, again; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots + dromos, a running.]

pal'in·dro'mic (-drō'mĭk, -drŏm'ĭk) adj.
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palindrome 
"a line that reads the same backward and forward," c.1629, from Gk. palindromos "a recurrence," lit. "a running back," from palin "again, back" (from PIE base *kwel- "move round," with notion of "revolving; see cycle) + dromos "a running."

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palindrome

noun
a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward 

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Palindrome

Pal"in*drome\, n. [Gr. ? running back again; ? again + ? to run: cf. F. palindrome.] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.
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