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clone

UK/kləʊn/ US/kloʊn/ fairly common informal slang
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

a person who is almost identical to another

Synonyms
2.

a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

Synonyms
3.

verb

1.

make multiple identical copies of

  • “people can clone a sheep nowadays”

Origin

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

Phrases

  • binary clone
  • clone town
  • clonewheel organ
  • Doom clone
  • IBM PC clone
  • PC clone

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