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encode

[ en-kohd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

encoded, encoding.

to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.

encode

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verb

to convert (a message) from plain text into code
computing to convert (characters and symbols) into a digital form as a series of impulses Compare decode
to convert (an electrical signal) into a form suitable for transmission
to convert (a nerve signal) into a form that can be received by the brain
to use (a word, phrase, etc, esp of a foreign language) in the construction appropriate to it in that language

encode

To specify the genetic code for the synthesis of a protein molecule or a part of a protein molecule.

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Derived Forms

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��ˈ��ǻ��, noun

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Other Word Forms

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��e��·��ǻ�� verb (used with object) misencoded misencoding

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Word History and Origins

Origin of encode¹

First recorded in 1930–35; en- ¹ + code

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Concepts in the human brain, as we've seen, can be encoded with just a small number of neurons firing, or even just one.

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This is in contrast to everything that is known about how memories are encoded in non-human animals, and it suggests that this might be a key adaptation behind human intelligence.

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“Then you basically lose all of the information that you were encoding.”

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“So we thought maybe these cells are actually encoding this experience of the apprehension and fear of these uncertain environments.”

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The owl, our fellow animal, lives a life where many of the things that have been encoded in it by the grand scheme of evolution have been denied.

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