Definition of "enigma" in английский

noun

1. Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.

2. A riddle, or a difficult problem.

3. Riddles and puzzles, collectively.

4. Mysteriousness; obscurity; a lack of clarity.

5. A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.

6. Alternative letter-case form of Enigma.

7. A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.

8. The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.

9. Any of species of Oedaleonotus enigma of grasshoppers.

10. Any of species of Heliothis enigma of rare moths.