What (who) is clone - definition
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clone
¦ noun
1. Biology an organism or cell, or a group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor to which they are genetically identical.
2. a person or thing regarded as an exact copy of another.
3. informal (within gay culture) a homosexual man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance.
¦ verb
1. propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.
Biochemistry replicate (a fragment of DNA placed in an organism).
2. make an identical copy of.
3. illegally copy the security codes from (a mobile phone) to others as a way of obtaining free calls.
Derivatives
clonal adjective
clonality noun
cloner noun
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Gk klon 'twig'.
clone
(clones, cloning, cloned)
1.
If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
Designers are mistaken if they believe we all want to be supermodel clones.
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2.
A clone is an animal or plant that has been produced artificially, for example in a laboratory, from the cells of another animal or plant. A clone is exactly the same as the original animal or plant.
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3.
To clone an animal or plant means to produce it as a clone.
The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.
VERB: V n
clone
<jargon> 1. An exact copy of a product, made legally or
illegally, from documentation or by reverse engineering,
and usually cheaper.
E.g. "PC clone": a PC-BUS/ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI
compatible x86-based microcomputer (this use is sometimes
misspelled "klone" or "PClone"). These invariably have much more
bang per buck than the IB PCM they resemble.
E.g. "Unix clone": An operating system designed to deliver a
Unix-like environment without Unix licence fees or with
additional "mission-critical" features such as support for
real-time programming.
2. <chat> A clonebot.
[Jargon File ]
(2000-06-15)
Wikipedia
Clone
Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to:
Pronunciation examples for clone
1. Clone 6, the clone of Sam Bell,
Moon (2009)
2. Suitcase clone?
Sourdough _ Robin Sloan _ Talks at Google
3. Block and clone.
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4. I'm not a clone.
Moon (2009)
5. I'm not a clone.
Moon (2009)
Examples of use of clone
1. 08 June 2005 High costs of housing and retail rents have led to ‘clone towns‘ Sir÷ The real cause of "clone towns" ("Clone attack?
2. Though not a clone herself, Dundee Paradise is the daughter of a clone.
3. Clone companies oppose labels, seeing them as little more than a tool to help wary consumers avoid clone–derived products.
4. She is parent clone without parent responsibilities.
5. An American company, Genetic Savings and Clone, already offers cat lovers the opportunity to clone their pets at a cost of $50,000 (28,000) a time.