English Explanatory Dictionary

mutation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any alteration or change.
  2. Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
  3. A mutant.
  4. An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
  5. The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
  6. A group of thrushes.

Pronunciation

/mjuˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mutation.wav

Word forms

mutation mutations mutat.

Etymology

Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.

Related words

hypermutate hypermutated hypomutate hypomutated macromutate macromutated micromutate micromutated mutability mutable mutafacient mutagen mutagenesis mutagenetic mutagenic mutant mutatability mutatable mutate mutated mutator mutatory

Derived words

animutation antimutation aspirate mutation backmutation ectomutation endomutation epimutation extramutation frameshift mutation hard mutation heteromutation homomutation hypermutation hypomutation i-mutation intermutation intramutation intromutation macromutation macromutational macromutationism macromutationist megamutation mesomutation micromutation micromutational micromutationism micromutationist missense mutation mixed mutation multimutation mutational mutationally mutationism mutationist mutationless mutation pressure nasal mutation neomutation nonmutation nonsense mutation oncomutation paramutation pentamutation phosphomutation point mutation postmutation premutation radiomutation remutation retromutation silent mutation soft mutation spirant mutation stereomutation ultramutation vowel mutation
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