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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A measure of the length of DNA fragments, 1 Kb = 1000 base pairs. The largest DNA fragments are up to 50 kilobases long. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: KILOBASE |
| Specialty definitions using "KILOBASE": Chromosomes, Yeast Artificial. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "KILOBASE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (Kb, Kilobase). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |  | A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The DNA sequence of B. burgdorferi type strain B31 was published in 1997 and contains a 950 kilobase linear chromosome, 9 linear plasmids, and 12 circular plasmids. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "KILOBASE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "KILOBASE" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "KILOBASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kilobasepar (kilobase pair), kilobase (Kb, kilobase pair), kbp (kilobase pair), kb (kilobase pair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kilobase (Kb, kilobase pair), Kb (Kb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiloemäspari (kilobase pair), kiloemäs (kilobase pair), kilobase (Kb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | kilopaire de base (kilobase pair), kilobase (kilobase pair), kbp (kilobase pair), Kb. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kilobase (Kb, kilobase pair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | kbp (kilobase pair), kb (Kb), κιλοβάση (Kb), χιλιάδα βάσεων (kilobase pair), χιλιοβάση (kilobase pair), χίλια ζεύγη βάσεων (kilobase pair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | kilobasi (kilobase pair), Kilobase (Kb), kb (kilobase pair), chilobase (Kb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilobasekay kilobase (Kb), Kb (Kb). (various references) kilobase (Kb, kilobase pair), kb (Kb, kilobase pair). (various references) kilobas (Kb), kb (Kb, Kylobyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "KILOBASE": kilobases. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-k-l-o-s" | |
-1 letter: kolbasi, obelias, obelisk, skiable. | |
-2 letters: abseil, alkies, alsike, bleaks, blokes, kiblas, obelia. | |
-3 letters: ables, aboil, aisle, alike, aloes, askoi, bails, bakes, bales, balks, basil, beaks, bikes, biles, bilks, blase, bleak, bloke, boils, bolas, boles, kails, kales, kibes, kibla, kilos, koels, kolas, lakes, leaks, likes, lobes, obeli, obias, sable, skoal, slake, solei. | |
-4 letters: able, abos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-k-l-o-s" | |
+1 letter: kilobases. | |
+2 letters: kohlrabies. | |
+3 letters: blackbodies, nonsinkable. | |
+4 letters: boilermakers, rockabillies. | |
+5 letters: nonshrinkable, workabilities. | |
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