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Conventional vs Cisgenesis - What's the difference?

conventional | cisgenesis |

As nouns the difference between conventional and cisgenesis

is that conventional is (finance) a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal while cisgenesis is the process by which genes can be artificially transferred between organisms that could be conventionally bred, as opposed to transgenesis.

As an adjective conventional

is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

conventional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.

    • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Related terms

    * convention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

    • cisgenesis

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia cisgenesis)
  • The process by which genes can be artificially transferred between organisms that could be conventionally bred, as opposed to transgenesis.