79

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 79 mean? 

• 79 (adjective)
  The adjective 79 has 1 sense:

1. being nine more than seventy

  Familiarity information: 79 used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 79 (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being nine more than seventy

Synonyms:

79; ilxxx; seventy-nine

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-79 specific (1379 aa, ~185 kDa) is encoded by the human DOT1L gene.

(Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase H3 Lysine-79 Specific, NCI Thesaurus)

Overall, 79 countries, mostly in Asia, South America and Africa, experienced a growth in nighttime brightness.

(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)

In a nationwide study in the US that tracked the cognitive health of women between the ages of 65 and 79 for 10 years, those who had the APOE-e4 variant were nearly three times more likely to develop dementia if they were exposed to high levels of air pollution than APOE-e4 carriers who were not.

(The Surprising Link between Air Pollution, Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Upon intravenous administration, EPZ-5676 specifically blocks the activity of the histone lysine-methyltransferase DOT1L, thereby inhibiting the methylation of nucleosomal histone H3 on lysine 79 (H3K79) that is bound to the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) fusion protein which targets genes and blocks the expression of leukemogenic genes.

(DOT1L Inhibitor EPZ-5676, NCI Thesaurus)