deletion

[ dih-lee-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of deleting.

  2. the state of being deleted.

  1. a deleted word, passage, etc.

  2. Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.

Origin of deletion

1
1580–90; <Latin dēlētiōn- (stem of dēlētiō) a destroying, equivalent to dēlēt(us) (see delete) + -iōn--ion

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British Dictionary definitions for deletion

deletion

/ (dɪˈliːʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of deleting or fact of being deleted

  2. a deleted passage, word, etc, in text

  1. the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome

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