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duplication

[ doo-pli-key-shuhn, dyoo- ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of duplicating.
  2. the state of being duplicated.
  3. Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a region of the chromosome is repeated.


duplication

/ ˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act of duplicating or the state of being duplicated
  2. a copy; duplicate
  3. genetics a mutation in which there are two or more copies of a gene or of a segment of a chromosome


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Other Words From

  • nondu·pli·cation noun
  • predu·pli·cation noun
  • self-dupli·cation noun
  • super·dupli·cation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of duplication1

1490–1500; (< Anglo-French ) < Latin duplicātiōn- (stem of duplicātiō ), equivalent to duplicāt ( us ) ( duplicate ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

Recommendations from the Government Accountability Office on reducing waste and duplication need to be enforced, not ignored.

Superimposing the route maps of United and Continental shows an extraordinary amount of duplication.

It may be looked upon as the apotheosis of the old style of organ-building, with low pressures, duplication, and mixtures.

One interested in his duplication of characteristic phrasing may refer for comparison ll.

This overlapping and duplication has, as we have elsewhere indicated, already gone very far.

Worse yet, how could one assort together duplication and the double object, whiteness and the white object?

Saving of missionary money by eliminating duplication of missionary grants by competing denominations.

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