different between characterize vs haplotype

English

Alternative forms

• characterise

Etymology

From Medieval Latin characterizare, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kharakt?ríz?, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from ???????? (kharakt?r, “a mark, character”). Synchronically analyzable as character +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???kt??a?z/, /?kæ??kt??a?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??kt??a?z/
• Hyphenation: char?ac?ter?ize

Verb

characterize (third-person singular simple present characterizes, present participle characterizing, simple past and past participle characterized)

1. (transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
2. (transitive) To be typical of.
3. (transitive) To determine the characteristics of.

Derived terms

• characterization
• subcharacterize

Translations

Further reading

• characterize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• characterize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

haplo- +? -type.

Noun

haplotype (plural haplotypes)

1. (genetics) A group of alleles that are transmitted together.

Translations

Verb

haplotype (third-person singular simple present haplotypes, present participle haplotyping, simple past and past participle haplotyped)

1. (genetics) To characterize with respect to haplotype

Related terms

• haplotypable
• haplotyper

French

Etymology

haplo- +? type

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.pl?.tip/

Noun

haplotype m (plural haplotypes)

1. (genetics) haplotype

Related terms

• haplogroupe