PALINDROME


Meaning of PALINDROME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpa-lən-ˌdrōm ]

noun

Etymology: Greek palindromos running back again, from palin back, again + dramein to run; akin to Greek polos axis, pole — more at pole , dromedary

Date: circa 1629

: a word, verse, or sentence (as “Able was I ere I saw Elba”) or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward

• pal·in·drom·ic ˌpa-lən-ˈdrō-mik, -ˈdrä- adjective

• pal·in·drom·ist ˈpa-lən-ˌdrō-mist noun

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