linker

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English

Etymology

From link +‎ -er (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Looking especially for the first uses of the software tool sense”)

Pronunciation

Noun

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linker (plural linkers)

  1. That which links.
    Coordinate term: linkee
  2. (software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
  3. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
  4. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
  5. (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

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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).

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Originally feminine dative of link. Generalized from the expression ter linker hand, ter linker zijde (“on the left hand/side”).

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

  1. left
    Synonym: links
    Antonyms: rechter, rechts
    Er zit een vlek op je linker broekspijp.
    There’s a spot on your left trouserleg.
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of linker
uninflected linker
inflected linker
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial —
indefinite m./f. sing. linker
n. sing. linker
plural linker
definite linker
partitive —

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

linker

  1. comparative degree of link

German

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkər/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lin‧ker

Adjective

linker

  1. comparative degree of link
  2. inflection of link:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural
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