different between mutation vs mutating

English

Alternative forms

• mutat. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Latin mutationem, both directly and via Old French mutacion, form of Latin m?t? (“I move, I change, I vary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mju?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mutation (countable and uncountable, plural mutations)

1. Any alteration or change.
2. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
3. A mutant.
4. (linguistics) An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
5. (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.

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• Mount Tai

French

Etymology

From Middle French mutation, from Old French mutacion, borrowed from Latin mutatio, mutationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ta.sj??/

Noun

mutation f (plural mutations)

1. substitution
2. mutation

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Descendants

• ? Turkish: mutasyon

Further reading

• “mutation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mutacion, borrowed from Latin mutatio, mutationem.

Noun

mutation f (plural mutations)

1. change, alteration, mutation

Related terms

• muter

Descendants

• French: mutation

English

Verb

mutating

1. present participle of mutate

Adjective

mutating (not comparable)

1. Causing or tending to cause mutation.

   The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer.

   std::sort is a mutating algorithm.

2. (programming, of an object) Having the ability to make changes to data other than its makeup.

   The begin() member of std::string returns a mutating iterator.