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What does encode mean?

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  1. (transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
  2. (transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.
  3. (biology) To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
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She has expressed her demand for action in a declarative form, rather than encode it in the more direct imperative form.
The theory TRC is an illative theory, in the sense that it can encode notions of propositional logic.
The genes that encode these proteins are located immediately downstream of the cos region at the left end of the mature chromosome.
Spanish uses word order, rather than noun and pronoun inflection, to encode meaning.
Homeobox genes encode transcription factors involved in many aspects of developmental processes.
Both transcripts from the mutated allele are thus likely to encode completely nonfunctional GLB1 proteins.

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