linker

== 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 === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkə/ Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) === Noun === linker (plural linkers) That which links. Coordinate term: linkee (software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements. (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation. ==== Synonyms ==== link editor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered) (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). === Anagrams === Kerlin, klerin, relink == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkər/ Rhymes: -ɪŋkər === 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) left Synonym: links Antonyms: rechter, rechts ===== Usage notes ===== In attributive position, the form linker is commoner than links, but predicatively and as an adverb only the latter is possible. ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== linker comparative degree of link == German == === Etymology === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkər/, [ˈlɪŋ.kɐ] Hyphenation: lin‧ker === Adjective === linker comparative degree of link inflection of link: strong/mixed nominative masculine singular strong genitive/dative feminine singular strong genitive plural