linker

English

Etymology

to link + -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: ˈlɪŋkɚ
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia linker (plural linkers)

1. (computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
2. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.

Synonyms

• link editor

Derived terms

• linker DNA

Translations

computer program that assembles objects

Czech: sestavovací program (cs) m. French: éditeur de liens Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu) Japanese: リンカ (ja) (rinka)

Korean: 링커 (ringkeo) Polish: konsolidator (pl) m.

short oligonucleotide

Czech: linker (cs) m. German: Linker m.

Japanese: リンカ (ja) (rinka) Korean: 링커 (ringkeo)

Verb

linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)

1. (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
   • 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:

     38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).

---

Dutch

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

   Er zit een vlek op je linker schoen.

   There’s a spot on your left shoe.

Synonyms

• links

Antonyms

• rechter

Adjective

linker

1. Comparative form of link.