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beadlike

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[beed-lahyk] / ˈbidˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. similar to a bead in shape, structure, shiny quality, or some other feature.


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Each beadlike histone-DNA complex is called a nucleosome, and DNA connecting the nucleosomes is called linker DNA.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Histones and DNA coil tightly together, forming beadlike structures called nucleosomes, which condense to form thick fibers called chromosomes.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2018

He had flayed the Hahn picture, testily calling its left eye "dead," "very dead," and "beadlike."

From Time Magazine Archive

To explain the planets, Jeans suggested that another star must have grazed the sun, pulling out a thread of sun-matter that gathered into beadlike planets.

From Time Magazine Archive

The beadlike eye rose to his and sharpened intelligently.

From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles

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