duplication
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duplication
- /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ UK
- /dʒuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ UK
- /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ US
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From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.
noun duplications
- The act of duplicating. Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.
- A duplicate. Counting crimes as given in the index to the Penal Code, their number is nearly twice as great as that stated, but as some are only duplications I have reduced my estimate that it may be well within the limits of the fact.
- A folding over; a fold.
- The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action. duplication of cartilage cells
- The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
- A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
Similar: doubling, duplation, duplication, twicing · Opposite: bisection
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: duplicate, duplicating, replica, duplicative, copy, replication, copying, parallel, doubling, double, duality, twofold, multiplicity, dualism, two-fold, playback
noun
Similar: doubling, duplation, duplication, twicing · Opposite: bisection
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noun duplicating
| Español | duplicación |
|---|---|
| Português | duplicação |
| Français | duplication |
| Deutsch | Duplikation |
| Italiano | duplicazione |
| Română | duplicare |
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