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Definition: Mutant |
MutantAdjective1. Tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant gene". Noun1. An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration. 2. An animal that has undergone mutation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mutant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Mutant |
Medicine | An individual or part of an individual, in which a mutation has occurred. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Individual organism that carries a specific mutation at a gene locus and expresses it in the phenotype. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the Marvel Universe, mutations most often come in the form of physiological modifications to allow for some capability not normally posessed by Homo sapiens, the ability to affect and control some form of matter or energy, or increased/altered mental abilities such as telekenesis, precognitive abilities, telepathy, teleportation, or the modification of others' mental processes. For example, the Angel has wings which allow him to fly, Pyro can control fire, and Jean Grey is telekenetic and telepathic.
Mutants play a tremendous role in the Marvel Universe. For one thing, some of the most well known superhero teams like the X-Men and X Factor are comprised of mutants and fight to protect mutants and humans. For another, some of the greatest villains like the Sentinels came about in order to eradicate mutants. Furthermore, some of the story arcs occurred because of mutants, like The Morlock Massacre and Days of Future Past. Even still, most mutants' powers do not manifest until they hit puberty, and some mutants with latent powers do not immediatley have control over them when they first manifest themselves. Sometimes, especially if the mutation is especially powerful or dangerous, out-of-control incidents occur and further humans' fear of mutants.
Even non-mutant superheroes are affected by mutant persecution as they have a chance of giving birth to mutant children. Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four have a son, Franklin Richards, who is a mutant. Franklin's mutation may have come about due to his parents' powers. It is known that many of the genes which cause the particular types of mutation in the Marvel Universe is passed through the parents' genes.
Mutants play a smaller, but still substantial role, in the DC comics universe, where they are known as metahumans. Mutants also are a frquent topic in other comic books, and in many science fiction stories.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mutant."
Synonyms: MutantSynonyms: mutation (n), sport (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Changeableness | Phrase: "a rolling stone gathers no moss"; pictra mossa non fa muschis; honores mutant mores; varium et mutabile semper femina. |
Ostentation | Phrase: honores mutant mores. |
Unconformity | Noun: {opp. } nonconformity; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness; Adjective: exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, je ne sais quoi, monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | The bomb could go off and their mutant genes would form the same cliques. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) It could be a mutant from the power plant. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Here lies Thomas Eugene Paris, beloved mutant. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) Look! I'm sure you guys got some great schemes in mind, which is why you nabbed me alright? but I'm a bad girl and I've got some nasty mutant tricks so just back off! (Generation X; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) Ron's facing a bio-engineered mutant with mystical monkey powers! (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Captain America vs. the Mutant (1964) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) I Was an Atomic Mutant (2003) Mutant X (2001) X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (2001) | |
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Health | The presence of two mutant genes (g) is needed for CF to appear. (references) | |
Once this change has taken place, the mutant gene can be passed on to succeeding generations. (references) | ||
Pharmacologic activation of mutant CFTR protein to stimulate chloride channel activity is being investigated. (references) | ||
Economic History | France | The top five hard-discounts based on the number of stores are: Lidl, Ed, Aldi, Leader Price and Le Mutant. (references) |
France | They generated total sales of USD 11.29 billion in 1998. The top five hard-discount companies are Lidl, Ed, Aldi, Leader Price and Le Mutant. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mutant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 63.23% of the time. "Mutant" is used about 291 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 63.23% | 184 | 22,714 |
| Noun (singular) | 34.71% | 101 | 32,488 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.06% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 291 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mutant": auxotroph mutant ♦ auxotrophic mutant ♦ conditionally lethal mutant ♦ honores mutant mores ♦ induced mutant ♦ mutant gene ♦ ocher mutant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mutant": mutant-to-wild. | |
Ending with "mutant": non-mutant. | |
Containing "mutant": ginger-mutant-she, kowabunga-mutant-ninja-turtle-most-unfortunately-named-clothing-company-of-the-century, teenage-mutant-ninja-mole. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "mutant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 突变". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mutant (sport), sport (sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | muterend wezen (sport), mutant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mutantti (sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mutant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mutierend, mutante (sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έχων υποστεί σωματικήν μετάλλαξιν (sport), μεταλλάκτης (converter, refiner), μεταλλακτός (sport), αλλοιουμένοσ, ο υποστάς μετάλλαξιν ή μεταλλαγή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mutáns (mutate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mutante (sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ミドル級 (10^-3, aerogramme, communications within a small range, middleweight class, Mila Sohon, militarism, militarist, military look, milli-, millibar, milligram, millimeter, million, million seller, millionaire, millisecond, mimic, mi-mollet, mimosa, mineral, mineral water, Minerva, minestrone, mini, mini component, mini computer, mini floppy disk, mini size, mini theater, miniature, miniature car, minibuffer, minicar, minicomputer, mini-computer, minicycle, mini-disk, minifacsimile, minim, minimalist program, minimum, minimum access, minion, minipill, mini-skirt, ministate, Minnesota, Minolta, minute steak, miracle, mirage, mirror, mirror ball, mirror site, monitor, Muenchen, Muller, Munich, museum, music, music tape, music therapy, musical, musical comedy, musical play, musical show, musician, mute, Myanmar), 変異" (variant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ミュータント , へ"いたい (variant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 돌연변이체. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caghlaader (changer, commuter, transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | utantmay mutante (sport). (various references) мутант. (various references) mutantni. (various references) mutante (sport). (various references) mutant (sport). (various references) สัตว์หรือพืชที่มีลักษ"ะต่างจากพ่อแม่, ซึ่งเปลี่ยนแปลง (mutational, mutative). (various references) mutasyon geçirmiş, değişmiş (altered, changed), değişime uğramış. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mutant": mutants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mutant": nonmutant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mutant": nonmutants. (additional references) | |
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"Mutant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Matano, matinct, matunta, metan, Meurant, Mitjaneta, Mityana, Mochnant, Mohanty, mufan, Mutang, mutanty, mutany, mutent, Muthana, mutin, muttan, nutans, utant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mutant" (pronounced myuw"tunt) |
| 5 | -uw" t u n t | pollutant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, exorbitant, expectant, extant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-n-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: taunt. | |
-2 letters: aunt, matt, maun, maut, mutt, taut, tuna. | |
-3 letters: amu, ant, att, man, mat, mun, mut, nam, nut, tam, tan, tat, tau, tun, tut, uta. | |
-4 letters: am, an, at, ma, mu, na, nu, ta, um, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-n-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: mutants, nutmeat, tantrum. | |
+2 letters: abutment, antismut, mutating, mutation, nutmeats, stuntman, tantalum, tantrums, tautonym, titanium, unmatted. | |
+3 letters: abutments, antitumor, automaton, catamount, humectant, matutinal, mutations, nonmutant, stimulant, tantalums, tautonyms, tautonymy, titaniums, transmute, tremulant. | |
+4 letters: adjustment, amputating, amputation, attunement, automating, automation, automatons, autonomist, catamounts, humectants, imputation, manumitted, maturating, maturation, menstruate, multiplant, mutational, mutilating, mutilation, nasturtium, natatorium, nonmutants, stimulants, stuntwoman, tantamount, tournament, transmuted, transmutes, triumphant, ultimating, unadmitted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 74 61 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- - .- -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u t a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 0074 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478786678086 |
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