encoded; encoding; encodes
1
a
: to convert (something, such as a body of information) from one system of communication into another
especially
: to convert (a message) into code
b
: to convey symbolically
the capacity of poetry to encode ideology—
J. D. Niles
J. D. Niles2
: to specify the genetic code for
encoder
noun
Examples of encode in a Sentence
Credit cards are encoded with cardholder information.
a technology that encodes images
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To map and characterize all the proteins encoded and produced by the human genome, scientists have embarked on the Human Proteome Project (HPP).
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
After the Cannes premiere, Bakalova visited a psychic, a tradition that is deeply encoded in her heritage.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
When the researchers deleted the genes that encode the KaiA, KaiB and KaiC proteins, the winter-condition cells survived no better than summer-condition cells.
—Elizabeth Landau, quantamagazine.org, 11 Oct. 2024
These snippets of genetic code prompt your immune system to replicate—for example—part of a virus encoded by that mRNA and then learn how to fight it off.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
After the Cannes premiere, Bakalova visited a psychic, a tradition that is deeply encoded in her heritage.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
When the researchers deleted the genes that encode the KaiA, KaiB and KaiC proteins, the winter-condition cells survived no better than summer-condition cells.
—Elizabeth Landau, quantamagazine.org, 11 Oct. 2024
These snippets of genetic code prompt your immune system to replicate—for example—part of a virus encoded by that mRNA and then learn how to fight it off.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024
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encode
verb
en·code
in-ˈkōd 
en-
: to change (as a body of information) from one system of communication into another
especially
: to change (a message) into code
encoder
noun
Medical Definition
encode
transitive verb
en·code
in-ˈkōd, en-
encoded; encoding
: to specify the genetic code for
each nucleotide triplet or codon on the mRNA chain encodes a specific amino acid—J. E. Darnell, Jr.
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