FromAncient Greekπαλίνδρομος(palíndromos,“running back again”), fromπάλιν(pálin,“back, again, back again”) +δρόμος(drómos,“running, race, racecourse”). Bysurface analysis,palin- +-drome (compare alsovelodrome andsyndrome).
palindrome (pluralpalindromes)
- A word, phrase, number or any othersequence of units which has the property of reading the sameforwards as it doesbackwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation,capitalization anddiacritics.
2017,Greta Gerwig,Lady Bird, spoken by Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson:The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it's apalindrome.
- (by extension) Apoetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
- (by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
1998, Dolores Pesce,Hearing the Motet, page93:A conjunctpalindrome from notes 5 to 11, D D E F E D D, abuts the only melodically disjunct group E G D (notes 12–14), and at the same time contributes to a melodic sequence with the opening four notes.
2010, Mick Herron,Slow Horses, page67:The shops opposite were a High Streetpalindrome — Korean gorocery, courier service, letting abgents, courier service, Korean grocery — and buses passed with noisy frequency.
2015, Syne Mitchell,Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom:The color sequence in thepalindrome skein is the same no metter whether you start from the left or right.
- (genetics) A stretch ofDNA in which thesequence ofnucleotides on onestrand are in thereverseorder to that of thecomplementary strand
a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards
Borrowed fromAncient Greekπαλίνδρομος(palíndromos).
palindrome m (pluralpalindromes)
- palindrome
palindrome f
- feminineplural ofpalindromo
