- a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG.
- a word or phrase the letters of which, when taken in reverse order, give the same word or phrase, such as able was I ere I saw Elba
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