KINETIN

Meaning of KINETIN in English

[ 'kʌɪnɪtɪn ]

■ noun a synthetic compound similar to kinin, used to stimulate cell division in plants.

Origin

1950s: from Gk kinetos 'movable' + -in 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

KINETIN — noun Date: 1955 a cytokinin C 10 H 9 N 5 O used especially to stimulate cell division in plant …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KINETIN — ˈkīnətə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: kinet- + -in : a cytokinin C 10 H 9 N 5 O used …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KINETIN — /kuy"ni tin/ , n. Biochem. a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KINETIN — noun Date: 1955 : a cytokinin C 10 H 9 N 5 O used especially to stimulate cell division in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KINETIN — [ki.ne.tin] n (1955): a cytokinin that increases mitosis and callus formation
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KINETIN — n. Biochem. a synthetic kinin used to stimulate cell division in plants. [as KINETIC + -IN]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KINETIN — n. Biochem. a synthetic kinin used to stimulate cell division in plants. [ as KINETIC + -IN ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KINETIN — n. Biochem. a synthetic kinin used to stimulate cell division in plants. Etymology: as KINETIC + -IN
Oxford English vocab
KINETIN — n. Pronunciation: ' k ī -n ə -t ə n Function: noun Date: 1955 : a cytokinin C 10 H …
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CYTOKININ — noun Etymology: cyt- + kinin Date: 1965 any of various plant growth substances (as kinetin) that are usually derivatives of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ZEATIN — ˈzēətə̇n, -t ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Zea + English -tin (as in kinetin — herein) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYTOKININ — ¦sīd.ōˌ noun Etymology: cyt- + kinin (herein) : any of various plant growth substances (as kinetin) that are usually derivatives …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYTOKININ
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CYTOKININ — noun Etymology: cyt- + kinin Date: 1965 : any of various plant growth substances (as kinetin) that are usually derivatives …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ZEATIN — [ze.a.tin] n [NL Zea, genus of grasses including Indian corn + kinetin--more at zein] (1963): a cytokinin first isolated from …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CYTOKININ — [cy.to.ki.nin] n [cyt- + kinin] (1965): any of various plant growth substances (as kinetin) that are usu. derivatives of adenine
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THIMANN, KENNETH V. — born Aug. 5, 1904, Ashford, Kent, Eng. died Jan. 15, 1997, Haverford, Pa., U.S. in full Kenneth Vivian Thimann English-born …
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