| ▲ | alentred 4 hours ago | |||||||
The two words that struck me are this chemical compound [1] (quite artificial as a name if you ask me, but apparently considered as a word), and this perfectly real hill name [2] [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Protologisms/Long_wo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangi%C2%ADhangako... | ||||||||
| ▲ | gilleain an hour ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Yes, the Titin example is completely ridiculous. On the one hand, the protein Titin is one of the longest sequences. However you can form a 'word' out of any protein or DNA (or other macromolecue or polymer) this way. The key problem for me is that you would never refer to any polypeptide this way in a sentence. It would be like referring to a piece of software by concatenating its source code into one long 'word'. Meaningless. | ||||||||
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