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Definition of Linker
1. Noun. (computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program. ¹
2. Noun. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments. ¹
3. Verb. (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Linker
1. one that links [n -S] - See also: links
Medical Definition of Linker
1. A short, double-stranded oligonucleotide containing a restriction endonuclease recognition site, which is ligated to the ends of a DNA fragment. (04 Jul 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linker
Literary usage of Linker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"U* Comity, Auburn (linker «f- Karle, No. 55). Cullman County, 800 feet. Dale County,
Ozark. ... linker ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"linker, 53 Pac. 787, 788, 7 Kan. App. 2S2. AMERICAN SHIP. A ship engaged in a
whaling voyage without having surrendered her register or taken out an ..."
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