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TRIPLET CODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triplet code mean?
• TRIPLET CODE (noun)
The noun TRIPLET CODE has 1 sense:
1. the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid
Familiarity information: TRIPLET CODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("triplet code" is a kind of...):
genetic code (the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells)
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