mutant

3 definitions found

mutant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mutant
      adj 1: tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant
             gene"
      n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting
           from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation,
           variation, sport]
      2: an animal that has undergone mutation

mutant - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  mutant
  
     <programming> Microsoft's term for a mutex which is
     generally used in user mode but can also be used in kernel mode
     .  According to this terminology a mutex is only used in
     kernel mode.
  
     ["Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit"].
  
     (1997-07-30)
  

mutant - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "mutant":
     altered, avatar, better, catabolism, catalysis, changeable,
     changed, consubstantiation, converted, degenerate, deviant,
     displacement, divergent, heterotopia, improved, metabolism,
     metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosed, metamorphosis,
     metastasis, metastasized, metathesis, metempsychosis, modified,
     mutated form, mutation, permutation, qualified, rebuilt, reformed,
     reincarnation, renewed, revived, revolutionary, sport, subversive,
     transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation,
     transformed, transformism, translated, translation, translocation,
     transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transmuted,
     transposition, transubstantiation, unmitigated, worse