Palindrome
noun
A word, phrase, or sequence that is the same when read forwards or backwards.
An example of a palindrome is the word 'radar'.
Often appears as...
- palindrome phrase
- palindrome word
noun
A symmetrical, or mirror-image, structure.
In mathematics and physics, antisymmetry is equivalent to the condition: Switch two elements and the palindrome multiplies by -1.
Often appears as...
- palindrome structure
- palindrome sequence
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand.
A palindrome DNA is present in the organisms which can form hairpin loops.
Often appears as...
- palindrome dna
- palindrome sequence
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A word, phrase, or sequence that is the same when read forwards or backwards.
An example of a palindrome is the word 'radar'.
Often appears as...
- palindrome phrase
- palindrome word
noun
A symmetrical, or mirror-image, structure.
In mathematics and physics, antisymmetry is equivalent to the condition: Switch two elements and the palindrome multiplies by -1.
Often appears as...
- palindrome structure
- palindrome sequence
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand.
A palindrome DNA is present in the organisms which can form hairpin loops.
Often appears as...
- palindrome dna
- palindrome sequence
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Spelling Focus
Pay attention to each letter's place. Mismatches break palindrome property.
The word 'level' reads the same forwards and backwards.
Pro Tip 2/3Case Sensitivity
Palindromes ignore capitalization but maintaining the same case is stylistically better.
'Madam' and 'madam' are both palindromes.
Pro Tip 3/3Punctuation Irrelevant
Ignore spaces, punctuation, and symbols when identifying palindromes.
'A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!' is a palindrome phrase.
Pro Tip 1/3Spelling Focus
Pay attention to each letter's place. Mismatches break palindrome property.
The word 'level' reads the same forwards and backwards.
Pro Tip 2/3Case Sensitivity
Palindromes ignore capitalization but maintaining the same case is stylistically better.
'Madam' and 'madam' are both palindromes.
Pro Tip 3/3Punctuation Irrelevant
Ignore spaces, punctuation, and symbols when identifying palindromes.
'A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!' is a palindrome phrase.
Pro Tip 1/3Spelling Focus
Pay attention to each letter's place. Mismatches break palindrome property.
The word 'level' reads the same forwards and backwards.
Pro Tip 2/3Case Sensitivity
Palindromes ignore capitalization but maintaining the same case is stylistically better.
'Madam' and 'madam' are both palindromes.
Pro Tip 3/3Punctuation Irrelevant
Ignore spaces, punctuation, and symbols when identifying palindromes.
'A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!' is a palindrome phrase.
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Video examples
The Chasm PIPE Think Like A...
Hedge can count the letters in each stack and organize them into a dictionary, which is a tidy way of storing information. A loop could then go through and count how many times odd numbers appear. If there are less than 2 odd characters, the stack can be made into a palindrome.
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
I said no. What would they know? To explain why I have chosen to ignore what is clearly very good advice, I want to take you back to the beginning of this talk, specifically, my palindrome joke.
Video examples
The Chasm PIPE Think Like A...
Hedge can count the letters in each stack and organize them into a dictionary, which is a tidy way of storing information. A loop could then go through and count how many times odd numbers appear. If there are less than 2 odd characters, the stack can be made into a palindrome.
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
I said no. What would they know? To explain why I have chosen to ignore what is clearly very good advice, I want to take you back to the beginning of this talk, specifically, my palindrome joke.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Todd Solondz
American Writer
A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end mirror each other, that they are the same.
Quote examples
Todd Solondz
American Writer
A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end mirror each other, that they are the same.
Example 1 of 1
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