These are called palindromes.
Civic
Kayak
Radar
Rotator
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Hannah
In the above equation, Hannah equals Hannah. The proof is that 'racecar' spelled backwards is 'racecar'. Hannah spelled backwards is Hannah. Both words are palindromes, words that are spelled the same forward and backward.
A palindrome reads the same both directions.
They are called palindromes.
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A word that is spelled the same both forwards and backwards is referred to as a Palindrome.
The word "racecar" is a palindromic word that can be spelled the same way backwards.
The term for when words are spelled forwards then backwards is a palindrome. This means that the word reads the same in both directions.
Kayak has more in common with a racecar than with a boat when you look at how each word is spelled backwards. 'Kayak' and 'racecar' are both palindromes - they are spelled the same way forward and backward. The same cannot be said for the word 'boat'.
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In the above equation, Hannah equals Hannah. The proof is that 'racecar' spelled backwards is 'racecar'. Hannah spelled backwards is Hannah. Both words are palindromes, words that are spelled the same forward and backward.
It is called a semordilap which is backwards for palidromes. An example of a palidrome is kayak which is the same when read both forwards and backwards. An example of a semordilap is dog and G-d which use the same letters when read forwards or backwards but are obviously different words.
Both are correct (according to Collins English dictionary). Examples... This it the way the word is spelt. The word is spelled this way.
Both racecar and kayak are spelled the same forward and backward. These types of words and phrases are called "palindromes."
'Radar' is a palindrome but 'moon' is not. A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same way forward and backward. 'Moon' does not fit this definition because spelling it backwards gives you 'noom'.
Centipedes has eyes on both ways, at the front and at the back. so they can see both ways, backwards and forwards.