palindromic

Same spelled backward

Palindromic describes something that reads the same backward as forward.

The term applies most often to words or phrases—"radar" and "A man, a plan, a canal: Panama" are palindromic.

In genetics, palindromic sequences of DNA read identically on complementary strands.

The date 02/02/2020 is palindromic.

examples

racecar

High-speed competition vehicle

  • madamFormal address for women
  • levelHorizontal or uniform position
  • rotorSpinning mechanical assembly

civic · deified · radar · refer · kayak · tenet · stats · noon · redder · solos

symmetry

mirrored

Reflected or duplicated inversely

reflection · inversion · bilateral · identical · self-similar · readable · forwards · backwards · flip · pattern

wordplay

anagram

Reshuffled letter word

semordnilap · puzzle · riddle · cleverness · linguistics · wordsmith · lexical · verbal · cryptogram · literati

sequences

DNA

Hereditary code molecule

enzyme · genome · molecular · biological · chromosome · strand · complementary · coding

numbers

eleven

Ten plus one

integer · binary · decimal · sequence · calculator · reversal · 1001

Categories
Opposites
directional symmetry

palindromicasymmetric

Not identical on both sides

directional · one-way · irreversible · unidirectional · linear

structural reversibility

palindromicasymmetrical

Not equal on both sides

unsymmetrical · irregular · random · disordered · lopsided

Family

palindrome, palindromes

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G