kmer

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noun

A motif of length "k"

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Meanings

kmer1

nounkmer (plural kmers)

plural kmers

  1. biologyA motif of length "k"

    BioVelocity could not run on normal cluster architectures with limited memory, or would take orders of magnitude longer if secondary storage were used for the kmer hash tables.

    2015, Shanmuga Sozhamannan et al., “Evaluation of Signature Erosion in Ebola Virus Due to Genomic Drift and Its Impact on the Performance of Diagnostic Assays”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI

Kmer2

proper noun
  1. archaicArchaic form of Khmer.
nounKmer (plural Kmers or Kmer)

plural Kmers

  1. archaicArchaic form of Khmer.
adjectiveKmer (comparative more Kmer, superlative most Kmer)

comparative more Kmer · superlative most Kmer

  1. archaicArchaic form of Khmer.

Origin

From k + -mer.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with kmer

disclaimergamerKramertamernamerblamergaymerinflamerThamar
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Anagrams

merk
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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