DNA
See also: dna
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DNA (countable and uncountable, plural DNAs)
- (informal) The part of a living being that carries genetic information.
- (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acid (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
- (figuratively, business) The fundamental values or vision of an organization.
- 2003, Kevin John Kennedy, Mary Moore, Going the Distance, FT Press (→ISBN), page 14:
- These ingredients in a company's DNA mean that company will attract and grow leaders with these qualities.
- 2012, Bill McBean, The Facts of Business Life, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN)
- The main leadership priority at Level 2 is creating the business's DNA by defining how all the moving parts of the company will work, both independently and together.
- 2003, Kevin John Kennedy, Mary Moore, Going the Distance, FT Press (→ISBN), page 14:
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abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid (see deoxyribonucleic acid for full forms)
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DNA
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DNA
- Did not answer
- Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment)
- Did not attend
- Do not assume
- Does not apply
- Drugs 'n' alcohol
- (US, military) Do not arm.
VerbEdit
DNA (third-person singular simple present DNAs, present participle DNAing, simple past and past participle DNAed)
- To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
- 2004, Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, page 194:
- The barrister went on to say that his client remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes."
- 2008, Matthew Stokoe, Dennis Cooper, High Life, page 261:
- The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.
- (US, military) To put under a DNA order because of mental illness.
- 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 239:
- She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore.
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DNA n (plural DNA's)
- Initialism of desoxyribonucleïnezuur (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).
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DNA
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Declension of DNA (type maa)
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DNA
- Initialism of Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace (“Latest News from Alsace, a French periodical”).
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- (genetics, biochemistry) Synonym of デオキシリボ核酸 (deokishiribo-kakusan, “deoxyribonucleic acid”); DNA
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- RNA (āru-enu-ē)
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DNA m or n (indeclinable)
- (genetics, biochemistry) Abbreviation of kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy.
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- DNA in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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DNA
- Initialism of deoksiribonükleik asit. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)