(n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.
(n.) An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
(n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
(n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
(n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
(n.) Copyhold; tenure; lease.
(n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
(n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
(v. i.) To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
(v. i.) To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.
Example Sentences:
(1) When micF was cloned into a high-copy-number plasmid it repressed ompF gene expression, whereas when cloned into a low-copy-number plasmid it did not.
(2) On removal of selective pressure, the His+ phenotype was lost more readily than the Ura+ Trp+ markers, with a corresponding decrease in plasmid copy number.
(3) We have generated a series of mutants in the two copies of this motif present in human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
(4) The v-erb A oncogene of avian erythroblastosis virus is a mutated and virally transduced copy of a host cell gene encoding a thyroid hormone receptor.
(5) The fact that the security service was in possession of and retained the copy tape until the early summer of 1985 and did not bring it to the attention of Mr Stalker is wholly reprehensible,” he wrote.
(6) A method for constructing Ti plasmids bearing multiple copies of a sequence integrated in tandem is described.
(7) Overexpression of asparagine synthetase in beta-aspartyl hydroxamate-resistant lines without amplified copies of the gene was also correlated with DNA hypomethylation.
(8) This 54-bp fragment is present at about 2000-2500 copies in the bovine male genome.
(9) Construction of a repR-lacZ fusion proved that the increase in copy number was due to a proportional increase in the amount of RepR protein.
(10) The E2A mutants were propagated by growth in human cell lines which express an integrated copy of the DBP gene under the control of a dexamethasone-inducible promoter (D. F. Klessig, D. E. Brough, and V. Cleghon, Mol.
(11) The fusion was prepared in multicopy (pVLN102 plasmid) and low-copy-number states, the latter constructed as a lambda phage lysogen carrying a fur'-'lacZ insert.
(12) An expanded version of this paper, containing full experimental details of the semisynthesis and characterization of [GlyA1-3H]insulin, has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50129 (30 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem.
(13) All 51 undifferentiated NPCs contained significant numbers of EBV-genome copies per cell.
(14) By way of encouragement we've got 10 copies of Faber's smart new anniversary edition to give away.
(15) Programmed gene rearrangements are used in nature to to alter gene copy number (gene amplification and deletion), to create diversity by reassorting gene segments (as in the formation of mammalian immunoglobulin genes), or to control the expression of a set of genes that code for the same function (such as surface antigens).
(16) All three units are present in the same, probably single, copy number.
(17) Some derivatives of pIJ101, a 8.9 kb Streptomyces multi-copy plasmid, can co-exist with each other at similar copy numbers but others are strongly incompatible.
(18) Genomic southern hybridization experiments clearly indicate that the ribosomal RNA genes are unique single-copy DNA in H. cutirubrum.
(19) We demonstrate here that this transporter is encoded by a single family of tandemly clustered genes containing approximately 8 copies of the 3.6 kilobase repeat unit.
(20) There are approximately 20 copies of Tc1(Hin) amongst the Tc1's present in the Bergerac genome.
Phony
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) He said that it was the "poor looking for work" who had paid the price for the "phony 50p rate" because it had made the country "uncompetitive".
(2) "It opens the door for teaching a phony controversy," he said.
(3) In March, he called Trump a “phony” and dissed Trump’s business acumen.
(4) The political battle over memorials follows a separate row over "phony" arrival ceremonies, in which flag-draped coffins of dead military personnel were carried from planes and presented to relatives.
(5) Brilliant young author rails against the "phony" nature of modern life but, unlike many before him, does not eventually sell out and conform but puts his money where his mouth is and moves out to the proverbial shack in the woods to pursue his vision.
(6) Over the past eight months, Italian investigators have peeled away layers of false leads, attempted cover-ups, and phony evidence, to build a clearer picture of what happened to Giulio Regeni than at first seemed possible.
(7) Nowhere is this transition better documented than with the phony but ubiquitous rule on when to use "which" and when to use "that".
(8) And I look forward to him being a good president.” The video sought to remind the public of just how big an advocate Bush once was before he took to doling out what Rubio’s campaign dubbed as “phony attacks”.
(9) Romney said “it’s not easy to win,” adding that Trump offered a vision that “connected with the American people in a very powerful way.” His comments are a departure from his stance during the campaign, when Romney was sharply critical of Trump, calling him a “phony” and a fraud whose promises were worthless.
(10) But its activists are as likely to be denounced by Islamists at Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend) for being “phony” Muslims as they are to be denounced by the Telegraph .
(11) Trump had previously made this argument in a series of tweets on Sunday night, alleging “the people of Colorado had their vote taken away from them by the phony politicians.
(12) His story starts at Pencey Prep, a prestigious boarding school filled with "phonies", as Holden likes to call them.
(13) Though he has presented a plan that would cut taxes for the richest Americans, in May he said: “ For the wealthy, I think, frankly, it’s going to go up .” Hillary Clinton “She’s a world-class liar; just look at her pathetic email server statements, or her phony landing ... in Bosnia where she said she was under attack and the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers.” – 22 June, New York City Clinton has answered questions about the private email server she used as secretary of state with careful, legalistic language.
(14) Despite his phony credentials as a cleric, Guinness felt strongly that the reality of this trust was important.
(15) It was a system in which phony invoices and receipts thrived next to phantom committees and working groups that never met.
(16) "As fewer and fewer readers are able to find their way, amid all the noise and disappointing books and phony reviews, to the work produced by the new generation of this kind of writer, Amazon is well on its way to making writers into the kind of prospectless workers whom its contractors employ in its warehouses, labouring harder for less and less, with no job security, because the warehouses are situated in places where they're the only business hiring," Franzen writes.
(17) During the campaign, Romney delivered searing criticism of Trump’s business acumen, temperament and personal conduct, calling him at turns a “fraud” and a “phony” who would usher in an era of “trickle-down racism”.
(18) She pointed to the fact that both characters love to use the words "goddam", "phony", "crumby", "lousy", "hell", "bastard", and the phrase "kills me".
(19) In November, MEND’s chief executive, Sufyan Gulam Ismail, announced to a Manchester mosque: “We don’t want the government to fob us off with some phony thing called Tell MAMA, which has got a pro-Zionist pretty much heading it, or in a very senior capacity, and is making all sorts of comments we might not agree with when it comes to homosexuality, to be recording Islamophobia.” Tell MAMA’s offence is to try to be consistently anti-racist.
(20) Asked if the letter was phony, Araud replied: "It's not a false letter, it's a false president."