ira

1. (noun) (physics) particle.

ira

1. (noun) life principle, gene - used with other words, e.g. ira tangata, ira atua.

Nā ngā kāwai o ōna mātua i pū ai te ira rangatira ki roto i a Paraire (TTR 1996:255). / Because of the lines of descent of his parents the chiefly genes were passed on to Paraire.

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Synonyms: mouri, mauri

ira

1. (interjection) look! look there! - calling for someone to look at something.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 59;)

Ira te matakōkiri! / Look at the meteor!

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ira

1. (noun) dot, spot, freckle, mole, birthmark, decimal point.

Ko tōna āhua, koia tēnei: He kiritea, he taitamariki (e 30 pea ōna tau), he pāhau anō ōna, he ira kei te pāpāringa mauī, e rua hoki ngā ira kei te kakī, kei te taha ki katau (TWMNT 7/3/1876:59). / His appearance is as follows: He is fair skinned, youthful (approximately 30 years old), he has a beard, a freckle on the left cheek and two freckles on the neck on the right side.

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Synonyms: rongoteka, kiritona

ira rukeruke

1. (noun) radioactivity.

2. (adjective) radioactive.

pītau ira

1. (noun) deoxyribonucleic acid DNA.

ira atua

1. (noun) supernatural life, atua genes.

He ira atua anake rātou me ā rātou wāhine, he ira atua katoa, me ā rātou mokopuna; he tipua katoa. / They are only supernatural beings as are their women and all their descendants; they are all strange beings.

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ira ngahuru

1. (noun) decimal point.

raweke ira

1. (noun) genetic engineering, genetic modification.

Kei te kimihia e ētahi tāngata he aha ngā huarahi e tika ana mā Aotearoa nei e pā ana ki te raweke ira. / Some people are seeking the right ways for New Zealand concerning genetic modification.

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kauwhata ira

1. (noun) dot graph, dot plot.

He momo hoahoa motuhake te kauwhata ira e whakamahi ana i te ira hei whakaatu raraunga, hei whakaatu rānei i te pānga o ētahi taurangi e rua (TRP 2010:137). / A dot graph is a special type of diagram which uses a dot to show data or the relationship between two variables.(TRP 2010:137).

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huinga ira

1. (noun) genome.

Ina whakamahia te hangarau koiora hei whakarerekē i te huinga ira i te karihi o te pūtau, ka kīia tēnei he raweke ira. / When biotechnology is used to alter the genome in the nucleus of the cell, this is called genetic engineering.

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ira kati

1. (noun) full stop, decimal point.

rārangi ira

1. (noun) dotted line.

ira tangata

1. (noun) human genes, human element, mortals.

I te wā i oti ai ngā mea katoa te hanga i runga i te mata o te whenua i roto i te whenua, i te takiwā, i roto i ngā wai, ka ui atu rātou me pēwhea te whakaputa i te ira tangata ki te ao (TTT 1/6/1924:63). / At the time all things were being created on the face of the land and in the earth, in space and in the waters, they asked how should the human element be created in the world.

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hautau ā-ira

1. (noun) decimal fraction.

mātauranga pītau ira

1. (noun) DNA knowledge.

Heoi, ka tohu ngā rangahau mātauranga pītau ira nō ngā tau tōmua o te mano tau 2000, tērā pea i ahu mai ngā hue o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa mai i ngā hua kākano whakauru mai Amerika me Āhia (Te Ara 2011). / However DNA research in the early 2000s suggests that the gourds of the Pacific are a hybrid of American and Asian species.

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