pairing

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noun
  1. a coupling.

  2. Cell Biology. the lining up of the two homologous chromosomes or chromatids of each chromosome pair in meiosis or mitosis.: Compare base-pairing.

Origin of pairing

1
First recorded in 1605–15; pair + -ing1

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