male

Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

male writers

the leading male and female singers

Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

stereotypically male interests

an insect with typically male coloration

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

the male chromosome

like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones

Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]

Male bacteria having the sex factor, also known as the F or "fertility" factor, are termed P if the sex factor exists extrachromosomally. F+ bacteria can only conjugate with F, the female counterparts, which do not possess the F [factor].

Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

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One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

A bacterium which has the F factor.

During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…]

In this process, one bacterium designated the male bacterium transfers its DNA into the female bacterium. Bacteria are determined to be male or female by a small piece of DNA, called F-plasmid, or sex factor. Bacteria with this small piece of DNA are labeled as males, and bacteria that do not have this factor are considered females. […] Nevertheless, in addition to a small piece of DNA, male bacteria have some unique characteristics. They can make a special protrusion on their surface, called F-pilus. Pilae (plural for pilus) are hair-like structures that cover the[…]

A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.

A surname.