semi-palindrome

English

Etymology

From the prefix "semi-" meaning "half" and "palindrome," indicating a partial or variant form of a palindrome.

Noun

Examples
“Deliver no evil”/“Live on reviled” (sentence semi-palindrome according to definition #1) “mug”/“gum” (single word semi-palindrome according to definition #1) “dessert” (single word semi-palindrome according to definition #2, reversible portion emphasized) AATT (semi-palindrome DNA sequence)

semi-palindrome (plural semi-palindromes)

1. (linguistics) A word or phrase that forms a different word or phrase when its letters are reversed.
2. (linguistics) A word or phrase in which a small portion is palindromic, while the rest is not.
3. (genetics) A sequence of DNA that can be superimposed with its reverse complement.

Synonyms

• half-palindrome

Related terms

• palindrome
• semordnilap
• anadrome
• anagram