mutation

noun

1. a change or alteration in form or qualities

2. (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure
any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

Synonym: genetic mutationchromosomal mutation

3. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Synonym: mutantvariationsport

1. 变种：检查每一种病毒特有的规则,这种技术在于建立一个已知的多形(polymorphic)及变种(mutation)engines之所有特徵的档案(profile),然么尽可能排除不被列入考虑为病毒的档案.

2. 变化：就像整个社会科学一样,社会学在最近几年里经历了巨大的变化(mutation)--库恩(Kuhn)在其科学哲学著作中使用了该术语后,人们并没有滥用它,且其对我们论述社会学思想发生变革仍具有合理性.