Palindrome Definition

pălĭn-drōm
palindromes
noun
A word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward (Ex.: madam)
Webster's New World
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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Noun

Singular:
palindrome
Plural:
palindromes

Origin of Palindrome

  • From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palindromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (palin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (dromos, “running, race, racecourse”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek palindromos running back again, recurring palin again kwel-1 in Indo-European roots dromos a running

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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