Palindrome
- Pronunciation
- /PAL-in-drome/
- Category
- Linguistics
- Singular
- Palindrome
- Plural
- Palindromes
Definition
A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.
Etymology
From Greek 'palin', meaning 'again', and 'dromos', meaning 'running'.
Example
The word "racecar" is a palindrome.
Related Terms
- Recursion
- Symmetry