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Clone: An imitation or copy of the original. Usually refers to building a computer system that is based on and compatible with another computer company's system.

Anticyclone: A relative pressure maximum. An area of pressure that has diverging winds and a rotation opposite to the earth's rotation. This is clockwise the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in . . . View Full Definition

Cyclone: An area of closed pressure circulation with rotating and converging winds, the center of which is a relative pressure minimum. The circulation is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere . . . View Full Definition

Recombinant Clones: Clones containing recombinant dna molecules. See recombinant dna technologies.

Wave Cyclone: A cyclone which forms and moves along a front. The circulation around the cyclone's center produces a wavelike deformation on the front. May also be call a migratory cyclone or low.

Extratropical Cyclone: Any cyclone that is no longer tropical in origin. Generally considered to be a migratory frontal cyclone found in the middle and high latitudes.

Clone Fund: Describes the tendary of funds or investments to be followed by groups of investors who have a simular preferences that the firm follow a particular financing policy, such as the amount of l . . . View Full Definition

Clones: A group of cells derived from a single ancestor.

Tropical Cyclone: A warm core low pressure system which develops over tropical, and sometimes subtropical, waters, and has an organized circulation. Depending on sustained surface winds, the system is classif . . . View Full Definition

Cloned DNA: Any dna fragment that passively replicates in the host organism after it has been joined to a cloning vector.