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mir

1 American  
[meer, myeer] / mɪər, myir /

noun

Russian.

plural

miri
  1. a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.


MIr. 2 American  
Or M.Ir.

abbreviation

  1. Middle Irish.


Mir 1 British  
/ mɪə /

noun

  1. the Russian (formerly Soviet) manned space station launched in February 1986 and scuttled in 2001

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mir 2 British  
/ mir /

noun

  1. a peasant commune in prerevolutionary Russia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Mir1

C20: Russian: peace

Origin of mir2

literally: world

Example Sentences

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Under typical conditions, production of the eIF5A2 protein is restrained by a small regulatory RNA molecule called miR-6514-5p.

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"Our findings reveal an important role for eIF5A2, regulated by polyamines and miR-6514-5p, in cancer cell proliferation, suggesting that the interaction between eIF5A2 and ribosomes, which regulates cancer progression, is a selective target for cancer treatment," remarks Dr. Higashi.

From Science Daily

World IDs could present tempting targets for theft if they become widely adopted, according to Rory Mir, director of open access and tech community engagement at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocacy group.

From The Wall Street Journal

“In the worst-case scenario, potentially fraudulent operators could, you know, full-on take the ID or resell it,” said Mir.

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To evaluate real world performance, the researchers focused on miR-21, a microRNA biomarker associated with lung cancer.

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