单词 | remutation |
释义 | remutationn. rare. Originally: the action of changing back again. In later use: (an instance of) further mutation. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] gain-turning1340 reversion1547 regression1583 unmaking1587 retrogradation1638 repedation1646 metathesis1653 recommencement1655 antecedency1656 remutation1692 reconversion1759 relapsing1772 recurrence1789 revertal1824 switcheroo1933 1692 Athenian Gaz. 8 Oct. (single sheet) No publick Paper has informed the particulars of this Remutation from Old to Young. a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 184 The mutation or rarefaction of water into air takes place by day, the remutation or condensation of air into water by night. 1997 R. Lehrke Sex Linkage of Intelligence vii. 56 The implication is that..the genes for greater development of the ‘IQ’ part of the brain continue to be subject to frequent mutations or remutations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692 |
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