1.
[syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport]
2. an animal that has undergone mutation;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. tending to undergo or resulting from mutation;
- Example: "a mutant gene"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mutant
adj 1: tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant
gene"
n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting
from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation,
variation, sport]
2: an animal that has undergone mutation
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "mutant":
altered, avatar, better, catabolism, catalysis, changeable,
changed, consubstantiation, converted, degenerate, deviant,
displacement, divergent, heterotopia, improved, metabolism,
metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosed, metamorphosis,
metastasis, metastasized, metathesis, metempsychosis, modified,
mutated form, mutation, permutation, qualified, rebuilt, reformed,
reincarnation, renewed, revived, revolutionary, sport, subversive,
transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation,
transformed, transformism, translated, translation, translocation,
transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transmuted,
transposition, transubstantiation, unmitigated, worse
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
mutant
Microsoft's term for a mutex which is
generally used in user mode but can also be used in kernel
mode. According to this terminology a mutex is only used in
kernel mode.
["Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit"].
(1997-07-30)