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English
Etymology
double + time
Noun
doubletime (uncountable)
- (zoology, molecular biology) A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that produces the DBT protein kinase, used to control circadian rhythm.
Derived terms
- dbt abbreviation
- DBT protein product
- dbtS a mutant allele that shortens the circadian rhythm
- dbtL a mutant allele that lengthens the circadian rhythm
- dbtP a mutant allele that eliminates the circadian rhythm and kills the larva
Verb
doubletime (third-person singular simple present doubletimes, present participle doubletiming, simple past and past participle doubletimed)
- Alternative form of double-time
1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 57:"Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one."