ENHANCER

foil, enhancer

(noun) anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’s good qualities; “pretty girls like plain friends as foils”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

enhancer (plural enhancers)

Something that enhances.

(genetics) A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes

Source: Wiktionary


En*han"cer, n.

Definition: One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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