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encode
[ en-kohd ]
encode
/ ɪˈəʊ /
verb
- to convert (a message) from plain text into code
- computing to convert (characters and symbols) into a digital form as a series of impulses Compare decode
- to convert (an electrical signal) into a form suitable for transmission
- to convert (a nerve signal) into a form that can be received by the brain
- to use (a word, phrase, etc, esp of a foreign language) in the construction appropriate to it in that language
encode
/ ĕ-ō′ /
- To specify the genetic code for the synthesis of a protein molecule or a part of a protein molecule.
Derived Forms
- ˈǻԳ, noun
- ˈǻ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ǻa· adjective
- ·ǻmԳ noun
- ·ǻİ noun
- e·ǻ verb (used with object) misencoded misencoding
Example Sentences
This is in contrast to everything that is known about how memories are encoded in non-human animals, and it suggests that this might be a key adaptation behind human intelligence.
“Then you basically lose all of the information that you were encoding.”
“So we thought maybe these cells are actually encoding this experience of the apprehension and fear of these uncertain environments.”
The owl, our fellow animal, lives a life where many of the things that have been encoded in it by the grand scheme of evolution have been denied.
I can sympathize with the impulse to survive — that’s encoded in our DNA or something — but I can’t get over how misguided this mentality is.
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