mutation

名词 mutation:

1. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
   同义词：mutant, variation, sport
2. (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
   同义词：genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
3. a change or alteration in form or qualities

1. An individual, an organism, or a new genetic character arising or resulting from mutation.
   突变体由突变而产生的一种新个体、新有机体或者新种
2. The mutations in plants caused by radiation have been found in experiments.
   放射线引起植物变异已在实验中被证实。
3. Our teacher has mutation of sounds suddenly.
   我们的老师突然语音发生了变化。

mu.ta.tion

n.（名词）
The act or process of being altered or changed.
改变：变化、转变的行为或过程
An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
转变：转变或者变化，比如在本质、形式或者质量上的变化
Genetics
【遗传学】
A sudden structural change within a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the parental type.
突变，变种：生物体的基因或者染色体的突变，产生一种父代所没有的新的特征或者特性
The process by which such a sudden structural change occurs, either through an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA coding for a gene or through a change in the physical arrangement of a chromosome.
突变，变种：突变发生的过程，是通过基因的脱氧核糖核酸密码的核苷酸顺序的改变或者通过染色体内部的物理重新排列
A mutant.
突变体
Linguistics The change, especially an umlaut, that is caused in a sound by its assimilation to another sound.
【语言学】 元音变化，变音：由于一个音被另一个音词化而导致的变化，尤其是元音的变化

来源：
Middle English mutacioun
中古英语 mutacioun
from Old French mutacion
源自 古法语 mutacion
from Latin môt3tiô môt3tiôn- [from past participle of] môt3re [to change] * see mutate
源自 拉丁语 môt3tiô môt3tiôn- [] 源自môt3re的过去分词 [变化] *参见 mutate

【引伸】
muta.tional
adj.（形容词）
muta.tionally
adv.（副词）