Clone
noun
An exact copy of a plant, animal, or person.
Scientists have managed to clone a sheep.
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- clone a sheep
- clone a plant
noun
A person or thing that looks exactly like another.
His new car is a clone of the one his father used to own.
Often appears as...
- clone of someone
- clone of something
verb
To create an exact copy of a plant, animal, or person by scientific process.
The scientists are trying to clone extinct species.
Often appears as...
- clone a sheep
- clone a plant
noun
An exact copy of a cell, gene, or organism.
The clones of the gene have been analyzed.
Often appears as...
- gene clone
- cell clone
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Academic
noun
An individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent and genetically identical to it.
Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be clone.
Often appears as...
- mammal clone
- clone from somatic cell
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To replicate (a product) closely.
This software has been cloned by many competitors.
Often appears as...
- clone a product
- clone a software
noun
An exact copy of a plant, animal, or person.
Scientists have managed to clone a sheep.
Often appears as...
- clone a sheep
- clone a plant
noun
A person or thing that looks exactly like another.
His new car is a clone of the one his father used to own.
Often appears as...
- clone of someone
- clone of something
verb
To create an exact copy of a plant, animal, or person by scientific process.
The scientists are trying to clone extinct species.
Often appears as...
- clone a sheep
- clone a plant
noun
An exact copy of a cell, gene, or organism.
The clones of the gene have been analyzed.
Often appears as...
- gene clone
- cell clone
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent and genetically identical to it.
Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be clone.
Often appears as...
- mammal clone
- clone from somatic cell
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To replicate (a product) closely.
This software has been cloned by many competitors.
Often appears as...
- clone a product
- clone a software
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Not Always Physical
Clone can refer to non-tangible things like ideas or behaviors, not just physical objects.
The new app is a clone of a popular game.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Sometimes used critically to suggest lack of originality.
Her style is just a clone of the latest fashion trends.
Pro Tip 1/2Not Always Physical
Clone can refer to non-tangible things like ideas or behaviors, not just physical objects.
The new app is a clone of a popular game.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Sometimes used critically to suggest lack of originality.
Her style is just a clone of the latest fashion trends.
Pro Tip 1/2Not Always Physical
Clone can refer to non-tangible things like ideas or behaviors, not just physical objects.
The new app is a clone of a popular game.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Sometimes used critically to suggest lack of originality.
Her style is just a clone of the latest fashion trends.
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One Man’s Mission to...
several hundred others as a model to the world that yes we can fix the destruction we can go back and we can re-establish and rebuild the old-growth force that we've lost kids just love this project when they're playing the little clone redwoods and big trees they just have so much fun they know they can
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What adults can learn...
No, just kidding. No, really, we are going to be the next generation, the ones who will bring this world forward. And in case you don't think that this really has meaning for you, remember that cloning is possible, and that involves going through childhood again,
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The race to sequence the...
without knowing the actual sequence. Using the overlapping bits as a guide, the researchers marked each fragment's place in the genome to create a contiguous map, a process that took about six years. The cloned fragments were sequenced in labs around the world
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From the top of the food...
For instance, there's been research in to cloning woolly mammoths from frozen remains. But even if it's not possible, we can still restore many of the ecosystems the world has lost. How? By making use of abandoned farms.
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How to create a world...
broke the record. More importantly, our studies showed that we could eliminate the possibility of this dangerous virus being transmitted into humans. Last year, with a modified cell and cloning technology,
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Michael Anti: Behind the...
Block and clone. On the one hand, he wants to satisfy people's need of a social network, which is very important; people really love social networking. But on the other hand, they want to keep the server
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This is what it's like...
or the strange claim that they cloned a rabbit as fifth graders. The difference between truth and lies seemed at times hazy to them. It took me a while to understand the different types of lies;
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Let's talk about sex -...
we don't know why sex evolved nor why it persists. Why don't we just clone ourselves like all life did a billion years ago? It's so much more efficient. We would all have babies, no mates.
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TED2015 in review PIPE...
fatherhood she rocked that cure for a rare disease she developed that obsessive desire to preserve her love for her wife in the form of mind clones mind files and cryogenics yo stop that
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What Lurks in the...
syphonophores are virtually eternal they repeatedly clone themselves some eventually growing longer than a blue whale
Video examples
One Man’s Mission to...
several hundred others as a model to the world that yes we can fix the destruction we can go back and we can re-establish and rebuild the old-growth force that we've lost kids just love this project when they're playing the little clone redwoods and big trees they just have so much fun they know they can
Video examples
What adults can learn...
No, just kidding. No, really, we are going to be the next generation, the ones who will bring this world forward. And in case you don't think that this really has meaning for you, remember that cloning is possible, and that involves going through childhood again,
Video examples
The race to sequence the...
without knowing the actual sequence. Using the overlapping bits as a guide, the researchers marked each fragment's place in the genome to create a contiguous map, a process that took about six years. The cloned fragments were sequenced in labs around the world
Video examples
From the top of the food...
For instance, there's been research in to cloning woolly mammoths from frozen remains. But even if it's not possible, we can still restore many of the ecosystems the world has lost. How? By making use of abandoned farms.
Video examples
How to create a world...
broke the record. More importantly, our studies showed that we could eliminate the possibility of this dangerous virus being transmitted into humans. Last year, with a modified cell and cloning technology,
Video examples
Michael Anti: Behind the...
Block and clone. On the one hand, he wants to satisfy people's need of a social network, which is very important; people really love social networking. But on the other hand, they want to keep the server
Video examples
This is what it's like...
or the strange claim that they cloned a rabbit as fifth graders. The difference between truth and lies seemed at times hazy to them. It took me a while to understand the different types of lies;
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
we don't know why sex evolved nor why it persists. Why don't we just clone ourselves like all life did a billion years ago? It's so much more efficient. We would all have babies, no mates.
Video examples
TED2015 in review PIPE...
fatherhood she rocked that cure for a rare disease she developed that obsessive desire to preserve her love for her wife in the form of mind clones mind files and cryogenics yo stop that
Video examples
What Lurks in the...
syphonophores are virtually eternal they repeatedly clone themselves some eventually growing longer than a blue whale
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Holly Madison
American Model
I don't get jealous of other girls, because I was... raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect woman for Hugh M. Hefner, so, other than the fact that my I.Q.'s probably a little higher than he would like, I have nothing to worry about.
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Fred Wilson
American Businessman
If you are successful, you will be cloned. That's life. In fact, it's a sign that you've made it when clones of your website, mobile app, and business start cropping up.
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Panayiotis Zavos
Greek Scientist
We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
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Dean Koontz
American Author
Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
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Gregory Stock
American Scientist
There are a lot of people highly motivated to be the first to clone a human.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
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Leroy Hood
American Scientist
Cloning interferon was not something I wanted to get into.
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Alice Walker
American Author
We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.
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Claude Vorilhon
French Celebrity
Cloning will enable mankind to reach eternal life.
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Franka Potente
German Actress
I don't want to clone anyone, not even myself.
Quote examples
Holly Madison
American Model
I don't get jealous of other girls, because I was... raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect woman for Hugh M. Hefner, so, other than the fact that my I.Q.'s probably a little higher than he would like, I have nothing to worry about.
Quote examples
Fred Wilson
American Businessman
If you are successful, you will be cloned. That's life. In fact, it's a sign that you've made it when clones of your website, mobile app, and business start cropping up.
Quote examples
Panayiotis Zavos
Greek Scientist
We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
Quote examples
Dean Koontz
American Author
Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
Quote examples
Gregory Stock
American Scientist
There are a lot of people highly motivated to be the first to clone a human.
Quote examples
Robin Williams
American Comedian
We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
Quote examples
Leroy Hood
American Scientist
Cloning interferon was not something I wanted to get into.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.
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Claude Vorilhon
French Celebrity
Cloning will enable mankind to reach eternal life.
Quote examples
Franka Potente
German Actress
I don't want to clone anyone, not even myself.
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