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UNLICENSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unlicensed mean?
• UNLICENSED (adjective)
The adjective UNLICENSED has 1 sense:
1. lacking official approval
Familiarity information: UNLICENSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking official approval
Synonyms:
unaccredited; unlicenced; unlicensed
Similar:
unauthorised; unauthorized (not endowed with authority)
Context examples
The cycling of CDK activity in the cell cycle regulates the two states of replication origins, the licensed state in G1-phase and the unlicensed state for the rest of the cell cycle.
(CDK Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The activated Mcm complex functions as a replicating helicase and moves along with the replication fork to bring the origins to the unlicensed state.
(CDK Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
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