encode

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See also ENCODE, and encodé

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Infinitive
to encode

Third person singular
encodes

Simple past
encoded

Past participle
encoded

Present participle
encoding

to encode (third-person singular simple present encodes, present participle encoding, simple past and past participle encoded)

  1. To convert plain text into code.
  2. (communication) To convert source information into another form.
    1. Berg, Jeremy M.; Tymoczko, John; Stryer, Lubert (2002). “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion, W H Freeman and Company. ISBN 0716730510. Retrieved on 5 December 2009. “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”


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encode

  1. First-person singular present indicative of encoder.
  2. Third-person singular present indicative of encoder.
  3. First-person singular present subjunctive of encoder.
  4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of encoder.
  5. Second-person singular imperative of encoder.