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Blot

Blot meaning

A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. | A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. | A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.

Example sentences (20)

It was about Africa: ‘The continent may be a blot, but it is not a blot upon our conscience.

Northern blotting main Northern blot diagram The northern blot is used to study the expression patterns of a specific type of RNA molecule as relative comparison among a set of different samples of RNA.

Pflügers Arch – Eur J Physiol, 439:R66-R67 Reverse northern blot Researchers occasionally use a variant of the procedure known as the reverse northern blot.

The results of a search provide the blot ID, species, tissue, gene, expression level, blot image (if available), and links to the publication that the work originated from.

Are they meant to obfuscate a fact of history that the BJP-RSS considers a blot on its past or are they meant to enlighten the students and to allow them to do further research on the topic, should they choose to?

Every time I come into the kitchen, I find a few coffee grounds to sponge up here, or a dried-up splatter of last night's red sauce to blot out there.

It was the one blot on his copy book.

Note too, David’s second request here, that God, in this compassion, blot out David’s rebellion.

Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy have backtracked on plans for 3m high fencing which objectors say would be a blot on the landscape.

So why blot out the memory of those monsters?

The All Weather Championships at Newcastle on Good Friday proved to be the other blot on the star sprinter’s copybook when he refused to go into the stalls for the six-furlong renewal.

The Canaries are savvy operators at second tier level, with last season a blot on a stunning record.

The car explosion of October 23, 2022 on the eve of Deepavali at Ukkadam, Coimbatore in which a 29-year-old youth, Jameesha Mubin was charred to death, was a blot on the state home department.

The great Marilyn Monroe became a Rorschach blot a long time ago, the legacy of this complex and hugely influential person repurposed by every generation.

Uddhav’s speech at Nagpur was a blot on the political culture of Maharashtra.

A steady stream of out-of-state transplants to Big Sky Country became a deluge during the pandemic, leading to soaring prices, a boom in luxury apartments that blot out the rustic scenery and a rash of higher-end businesses like Whole Foods.

At a press conference on Thursday, Opposition Leader Mark Golding said the inability of the IC to certify the prime minister’s statutory declaration was a “serious blot on the country’s image both locally and internationally”.

Blot well and allow to air dry.

He urged the scheme be refused adding it would be a “blot on the landscape”.

In spite of that blot in his record, Manmohan Singh was widely respected by friends and foes and by those of us who read his works.