[mjuːˈteɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the changing of the structure of a gene, which may result in a variant form able to be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes
(e.g: mutation is, ultimately, the only way in which new variation enters the species)

- the action or process of changing in form or nature
(e.g: the mutation of punk's angry energy into something more mindless)

- regular change of a sound when it occurs adjacent to another


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin mutatio(n-), from mutare ‘to change’