Cas

//kæʒ// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of channel-associated signalling. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    plural of CA form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Cas gene. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of combat armor suit, used for a powered, armed and armored exoskeleton, in fiction and military research. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of Cas protein. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Initialism of calibrated airspeed. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of Cas sequence. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
  3. 8
    Acronym of collision avoidance system. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Acronym of close air support. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of computer algebra system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of complex adaptive system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    Initialism of compare and swap. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  8. 13
    Initialism of cowboy action shooting. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of casual. abbreviation, alt-of, informal

    "don't feel like you have to dress up. I mean, we're super cas here"

  2. 2
    Acronym of CRISPR-associated. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Chemical Abstracts Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Court of Arbitration for Sport. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Cigarettes After Sex. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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calibrated airspeedcasualcombat armor suitcombat armor suitcowboy action shooting

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"The New York research team was able to send the Cas9 enzyme to locate and destroy a target within a particular strain of a harmful bacteria by engineering the CRISPR spacer sequences so that it matched the “bad microbe’s” genes."

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