Clotho

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A woman in Greek myth who spins the thread that starts each life

proper noun
/ˈklɔːθoʊ/

Literature

: Cloto

Densmore admits that he's a big fan of Clotho—and he should be.

Well, there's this protein called clotho.

Examples

Then we also have our database of parts connected to Clotho.

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And while Clotho has yet to be widely adopted by synthetic biologists, Densmore says it has at least 10 power users and several groups that use it collaboratively.

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The grant, he says, paves the way for Clotho to go "from proof of concept to viable commercial software." The project includes collaborations with other researchers at BU, as well as at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington.

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He describes Clotho, named for the youngest of the Three Fates in Greek mythology and the one who spins the thread of life, as an app environment, similar to the iPhone software platform, where a variety of tools can perform specific yet interconnected tasks.

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In Greek mythology, Clotho is known as the goddess who spins the thread of life.
According to legend, Clotho determines the beginning of each person's life.
The three Fates include Clotho, who is responsible for weaving the fabric of destiny.

Synonyms

Klotho

vsClotho

Literature

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A Greek goddess who spins the thread of human life

is the same mythical spinner but spelled with C rather than K

Surface Forms

Clotho main

Etymology

Clotho comes from an old Greek word klothein meaning 'to spin'. In myth she is the goddess who spins the 'thread of life', so her name reminds us she starts each person's life.