Level, madam and racecar are examples of single word palindromes.
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palindrome — [ palɛ̃drom ] n. m. • 1765; gr. palindromos « qui court en sens inverse » 1 ♦ Didact. Mot, groupe de mots qui peut être lu indifféremment de gauche à droite ou de droite à gauche en conservant le même sens (ex. ressasser, élu par cette crapule)… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Palindrome — Pal in*drome, n. [Gr. pali ndromos running back again; pa lin again + dramei^n to run: cf. F. palindrome.] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palindrome — from a Greek word meaning ‘running back again’, means a word or group of words that reads the same when the letters are reversed. Noon, level, and radar are all palindromes, as is the often quoted sentence Able was I ere I saw Elba (fancifully… … Modern English usage
palindrome — palindrome. См. палиндром. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
palindrome — (n.) line that reads the same backward and forward, 1620s, from Gk. palindromos a recurrence, lit. a running back, from palin again, back (from PIE root *kwel move round, with notion of revolving; see CYCLE (Cf. cycle) (n.)) + dromos a running… … Etymology dictionary
palindrome — ► NOUN ▪ a word or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. madam. DERIVATIVES palindromic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek palindromos running back again … English terms dictionary
palindrome — [pal′in drōm΄] n. [Gr palindromos, running back < palin, again (< IE base * kwel , to turn > WHEEL) + dramein, to run: see DROMEDARY] a word, phrase, or sentence which reads the same backward or forward (Ex.: madam) palindromic… … English World dictionary
Palindrome — Palindromes redirects here. For the film, see Palindromes (film). See also: Constrained writing A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for… … Wikipedia
Palindrome — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Palindrome (homonymie). Le palindrome (substantif masculin), du grec πάλιν / pálin (« en arrière ») et δρόμος / drómos (« course ») est une figure de style appelée aussi palindrome de lettres … Wikipédia en Français
Palindrome — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Palindrome Originaltitel Palindromes Produktion … Deutsch Wikipedia
palindrome — palindromist /peuh lin droh mist/, n. palindromic /pal in drom ik, droh mik/, palindromical, adj. palindromically, adv. /pal in drohm /, n. 1. a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I m Adam… … Universalium
