Entertainment / Literature / Mutation: A change in a vowel sound caused by another sound in the following syllable. In Old English and in Celtic languages like Irish Gaelic and Welsh, the type of mutation called i-mutation was especially common. Another common type is the eclipsis mutation, a mutation in which a basic consonant sound is 'eclipsed' or replaced by a stronger sound in a preceding word. For a chart of the most common Irish mutations as examples, click here.
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Mutation Adjective Synonyms: change, changing, alteration, altering, modification, modifying, transformation, transforming, metamorphosis, metamorphosing, transmutation, transmuting, transfiguration, transfiguring, evolution, evolving, variation, varying
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Science / Genetics / Somatic Cell Genetic Mutation: A change in the genetic structure that is neither inherited nor passed to offspring. Also called acquired mutations. MORE
Science / Genetics / Nonsense Mutation: A mutation in which a codon is changed to a stop codon, resulting in a truncated protein product. MORE
Science / Genetics / Somatic Mutation: A mutation occurring in any cell that is not destined to become a germ cell: if the mutant cell continues to divide, the individual will come to contain a patch of tissue of genotype different from th MORE