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Definition of Translocate

1. Verb. Transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position.

2. Verb. Move from one place to another, especially of wild animals. "The endangered turtles were translocated to a safe environment"

Definition of Translocate

1. Verb. (transitive) To displace, or move from one place to another. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive of a chromosomal segment) To cause to undergo translocation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Translocate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Translocate

translinear translingual translingually transliterable transliterate transliterated transliterates transliterating transliteration transliterations

transliterator transliterators translocalization translocase translocases translocate (current term) translocated translocates translocating translocation

translocation (genetics) translocation carrier translocation chromosome translocational translocations translocative translocator translocators translocon translocons

Literary usage of Translocate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rainfed Lowland Rice Improvement by David J. Mackill, William Ronnie Coffman, Dennis P. Garrity (1996)
"Plants that can translocate more carbohydrates from vegetative tissues to the grain may be able to recover from drought that occurs before or during ..."

2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Beginnings or prefixes,—dislocate, add, upon the model of replace, relocate ; add, upon the model of transfer and transfuse, translocate. ..."

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