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linker

The correct spelling is linker.

How to pronounce linker

noun

IPA: /ˈlɪŋkə/

Say it like: Lin-ker

The correct spelling is linker. That which links.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.That which links.
  2. 2.A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
  3. 3.A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
  4. 4.(grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
  5. 5.A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

verb

  1. 1.To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.

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