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doubletime en · NOUN

Etymology

From double + time.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:molecular biology, uncountable) A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that produces the DBT protein kinase, used to control circadian rhythm.

Deriveds

dbtS a mutant allele that shortens the circadian rhythm · DBT protein product · dbtP a mutant allele that eliminates the circadian rhythm and kills the larva · dbt abbreviation · dbtL a mutant allele that lengthens the circadian rhythm

doubletime en · VERB

Etymology

From double + time.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of double-time.
   alt of double-time
   • "Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one." 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 57:

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