What does knockdown mean?
Definitions for knockdown
ˈnɒkˌdaʊnknock·down
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Princeton's WordNet
knockdownadjective
a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
knockdownadjective
(furniture) easily assembled and dismantled
"I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"
Wiktionary
knockdownnoun
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
knockdownnoun
An overwhelming blow.
knockdownnoun
A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.
knockdownnoun
The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
knockdownnoun
The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
knockdownnoun
a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
knockdownadjective
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
knockdownadjective
reduced in price
Wikipedia
Knockdown
Knockdown is a song by English recording artist Alesha Dixon. It was taken from her debut album Fired Up. The single was commercially released on 30 October 2006, having been made available for legal download the previous week. The song was written by Alesha and the Kent-based production team, Xenomania. Knockdown is Dixon's lowest charting single to date, peaking at number forty-five in the UK Singles Charts, and spending just four weeks in the charts. As a result of the single's failure, Alesha was dropped from Polydor Records. However, Alesha was signed to Asylum Records, where she has achieved further success under a new label.
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knockdown
Knockdown generally refers to a process or event where something or someone is made ineffective or incapable of performing its normal function. It can refer to a physical act of causing someone or something to fall or collapse, or a metaphorical act of debilitating or reducing the strength, power, or influence of individuals, systems, arguments, etc. In genetics, it can refer to the disabling or reduction of gene function for the study of that gene's influence on an organism. The exact definition varies based on context.
Webster Dictionary
Knockdownnoun
a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal
Knockdownadjective
of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument
Wikidata
Knockdown
"Knockdown" is the second single from Alesha Dixon, from her debut album Fired Up. The single was commercially released on 30 October 2006, having been made available for legal download the previous week. The song was written by Alesha and the Kent-based production team, Xenomania. Knockdown is Dixon's lowest charting single to date, peaking at number forty-five in the UK Singles Charts, and spending just four weeks in the charts. As a result of the single's failure, Alesha was dropped from Polydor Records. However, Alesha was signed to Asylum Records, where she has achieved further success under a new label.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knockdown in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knockdown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of knockdown in a Sentence
They're going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues that are impacting the American people. And I expect that they will engage in dirty tactics. And this is going to be a knockdown, drag-out. And we're ready.
For his exact mutation, if you think about DNA, you have two copies of everything. He has one good copy and one abnormal copy. Not only is his bad copy improperly functioning, it’s also preventing the healthy copy from functioning properly, a knockdown ASO would target the abnormal copy of the gene, by preventing it from turning into the abnormal protein, without affecting the healthy copy.
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