Associations to the word «Cloning»

Wiktionary

CLONING, verb. Present participle of clone
CLONING, noun. (biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum
CLONING, noun. (by extension) The production of an exact copy of an object

Dictionary definition

CLONING, noun. A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky