English · Word Candidate

mutation

/mjuˈteɪʃən/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: mutations

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Any alteration or change.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bất kỳ sự thay đổi hoặc thay đổi nào

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Noun

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bất kỳ sự thay đổi di truyền nào của trình tự cặp base vật chất di truyền

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Noun

Examples

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “mutation” mean?

Any alteration or change.

Is “mutation” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time