Definitions

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  • adjective Not cognate.
  • noun That which is not a cognate.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ cognate

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Examples

  • This hydrolysis of glutaminyl adenylate represents a novel reaction that is directly analogous to the pre-transfer editing hydrolysis of noncognate aminoacyl adenylates by editing synthetases such as isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase.

    Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

  • They also read other sentences containing only noncognate words in Dutch.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • They also read other sen­tences containing only noncognate words in Dutch.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Mitchison NA, O'Malley C (1987) Three-cell-type clusters of T cells with antigen-presenting cells best explain the epitope linkage and noncognate requirements of the in vivo cytolytic response.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yo-Ping Lai et al. 2009

  • Nair DT, Wharton RP, Aggarwal AK (2008) Structures of human Pumilio with noncognate RNAs reveal molecular mechanisms for binding promiscuity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

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