Although most DNA is packaged in chromosomes within the nucleus, mitochondria also have a small amount of their own DNA. This genetic material is known as mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA. Mitochondria (illustration) are structures within cells that convert the energy from food into a form that cells can use.
Diction â A speakerâs (or authorâs) word choice. This term may also refer to the general type or character of language used in speech or in a work of literature.
Latin is a synthetic, fusional language, in the terminology of linguistic typology. In more traditional terminology, it is an inflected language, although the typologists are apt to say inflecting. Thus words include an objective semantic element, and also markers specifying the grammatical use of the word. Locative â used to indicate a location (corresponding to the English in or at). 2  This is far less common than the other six cases of Latin nouns and usually applies to cities, small towns, and islands smaller than the island of Rhodes, along with a few common nouns, such as the word domus, house.