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Linkered vs Blinkered - What's the difference?

linkered | blinkered |

As verbs the difference between linkered and blinkered

is that linkered is past tense of linker while blinkered is past tense of blinker.

As an adjective blinkered is

characterized by blinkers or blinders.

linkered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (linker)

    • Anagrams

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    linker

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia linker) (en noun)
  • That which links.
  • (computer science) 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 that serves to link other elements.
  • (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

    • Synonyms

    * link editor

    Derived terms

    * linker DNA

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a .
  • * 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).
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    blinkered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by blinkers or blinders.
  • (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blinker)