palindrome

The definition of a palindrome is a word, phrase or sentence that reads the same forward and backward.

(noun)

See palindrome in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a word, phrase, or sentence which reads the same backward or forward (Ex.: madam)

Origin: Gr palindromos, running back < palin, again (< IE base *kwel-, to turn > wheel) + dramein, to run: see dromedary

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See palindrome in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.

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Origin: From Greek palindromos, running back again, recurring

Origin: : palin, again; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots

Origin: + dromos, a running

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