encode
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transitive verb \in-ˈkōd, en-\Definition of ENCODE
1
a : to convert (as a body of information) from one system of communication into another; especially : to convert (a message) into code b : to convey symbolically <the capacity of poetry to encode ideology — J. D. Niles>
2
: to specify the genetic code for
— en·cod·er noun
Examples of ENCODE
- Credit cards are encoded with cardholder information.
- a technology that encodes images
First Known Use of ENCODE
circa 1919
Rhymes with ENCODE
abode, anode, bar code, boatload, busload, byroad, carload, cartload, caseload, cathode, church mode, commode, corrode, crossroad, dead load, decode, diode, displode, download, dress code, dynode, embowed, epode, erode, explode, forebode, freeload, front-load, geode, high road, implode, inroad, live load, lymph node, no-load, off-load, outmode, payload, planeload, postcode, post road, railroad, rhapsode, sarod, shipload, side road, Silk Road, skid road, source code, spring-load, square-toed, tetrode, threnode, trainload, triode, truckload, unload, upload, zip code
en·code
transitive verb \in-ˈkōd, en-\ (Medical Dictionary)en·cod·ed; en·cod·ing
Medical Definition of ENCODE
: to specify the genetic code for <each nucleotide triplet or codon on the mRNA chain encodes a specific amino acid—J. E. Darnell, Jr.>
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