(n, technical, term) This refers to the mass of DNA at the bottom of the centrifuge tube after you do a DNA extraction. DNA is insoluble in ethanol, so when you add ethanol to a mixture containing DNA, the DNA will precipitate in the ethanol. Centrifuging will leave a 'pellet' of DNA.
[こおりあられ, kooriarare] (n) (See 雪あられ) small hail; ice pellets [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pellet \Pel"let\, v. t.
To form into small balls; to pelletize. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster] Pelletise
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pellet \Pel"let\ (p[e^]l"l[e^]t), n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota,
pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. {Platoon}.]
1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.
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2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gun. --Chaucer.
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{Pellet gun} a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm
diameter, usually made of metal.
{Pellet molding} (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with
smalt, flat disks.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pellet
n 1: a small sphere
2: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed
past his ear" [syn: {shot}, {pellet}]
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