decapped

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UK/diːˈkæpt/

adjective

Describing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed

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Meanings

adjectivedecapped (comparative more decapped, superlative most decapped)

comparative more decapped · superlative most decapped

  1. biologyDescribing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed
  2. Decapitalized.

    The Department of State, it seems to me, should not be half-decapped by writing it “State department,” […]

    2011 August 3, William Safire, Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade, Random House, →ISBN
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of decap
Cite this entry
APA

decapped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decapped

MLA

“decapped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decapped. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decapped,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decapped.

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