A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics
Level, madam and racecar are examples of single word palindromes.
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that has the property of reading the same in either direction (the adjustment of punctuation and spaces between words is generally permitted). Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing. The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots palin (; "back") and dromos (; "way, direction") by English writer Ben Jonson in the 1600s. The actual Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is karkinikê epigrafê (; crab inscription), or simply karkiniêoi (; crabs), alluding to the backward movement of crabs, like an inscription which can be read backwards
(3 syl ) A word or line which reads backwards and forwards alike, as Madam, also Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor (Greek, palin dromo, to run back again ) (See Sotadic ) The following Greek palindrome is very celebrated: - NI$si$ONANOMHMATAMHMONANO$si$IN (Wash my transgressions, not only my face) The legend round the font at St Mary's, Nottingham Also on the font in the basilica of St Sophia, Constantinople; also on the font of St Stephen d'Egres, Paris; at St Menin's Abbey, Orléans; at Dulwich College; and at the following churches: Worlingsworth (Suffolk), Harlow (Essex), Knapton (Norfolk), Melton Mowbray (it has been removed to a neighbouring hamlet), St Martin's, Ludgate (London), and Hadleigh (Suffolk) (See Ingram: Churches of London, vol ii ; Malcolm: Londinum Redivivum, vol iv p 356; Allen: London, vol iii p 530 ) It is said that when Napoleon was asked whether he could have invaded England, he answered “Able was I ere I saw Elba ”
Words, numbers and phrases that can be read the same backwords as forwards Some examples include: "mom", "racecar", "34543", or the phrase "never odd or even"
A palindrome is a number that reads the same from left to right and from right to left 101 is the smallest 3-digit palindrome 123454321 is a palindrome
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units (such as a strand of DNA) which has the property of reading the same forwards and backwards, character for character, disregarding punctuation
A word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards Examples in English are repaper and Able was I ere I saw Elba (facetiously attributed to Napoleon)
a word, phrase, clause, or sentence that reads the same regularly as it does when its letters are reversed; a type of palingram "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama " See also: palingram
{i} something (i.e. a word, sentence, number) that reads the same forwards and backwards (i.e. the words "dad", "kayak" "radar"or the sentence "never odd or even")
A palindrome is a word or a phrase that is the same whether you read it backwards or forwards, for example the word `refer'. a word or phrase such as 'deed' or 'level', which is the same when you spell it backwards (palindromos, from palin + dramein )
In molecular biology, a nucleotide sequence in which the 5'to 3' sequence of 1 strand of a segment of DNA is the same as that of its complementary strand The sites of many restriction enzymes are palindromes