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MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mutually exclusive mean?
• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE has 1 sense:
1. unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
Familiarity information: MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
Synonyms:
contradictory; mutually exclusive
Similar:
incompatible (not compatible)
Context examples
Mutually exclusive alternative forms of the same gene occupying the same locus on homologous chromosomes, differing in nucleotide sequence and governing the same biochemical and developmental process.
(Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
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