duplication

[ doo-pli-key-shuh n, dyoo- ]

/ ˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌdyu- /

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noun

an act or instance of duplicating.

the state of being duplicated.

a duplicate.

Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a region of the chromosome is repeated.

Words nearby duplication

duplexer, duplicable, duplicate, duplicate bridge, duplicating machine, duplication, duplication of chromosomes, duplication of the cube, duplicator, duplicature, duplicatus

Origin of duplication

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

OTHER WORDS FROM duplication

non·du·pli·ca·tion, nounpre·du·pli·ca·tion, nounself-du·pli·ca·tion, nounsu·per·du·pli·ca·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for duplication

Recommendations from the Government Accountability Office on reducing waste and duplication need to be enforced, not ignored.
A 9-Point Plan to Fix the Debt, for Good|Mark McKinnon|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Superimposing the route maps of United and Continental shows an extraordinary amount of duplication.
Bad News for Fliers|Clive Irving|April 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A duplication of the act would manifestly be entirely useless.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|Grover Cleveland
I instantly thought that they could be photographed, so as to show the duplication produced by the illusion.
Real Ghost Stories|William T. Stead

But duplication, though it has been sedulously avoided here, is sometimes almost inevitable.
A Letter Book|George Saintsbury
Whatever his reasons, he did encourage Christman to undertake the major task of duplication.
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design|Leonard S. Hobbs.
The resemblance in sound to a duplication of Ymix is apparent.
Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices|Cyrus Thomas

British Dictionary definitions for duplication

duplication

/ (ˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of duplicating or the state of being duplicated

a copy; duplicate

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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Medical definitions for duplication

duplication

[ dōō′plĭ-kā′shən ]

n.

The existence or growth into two corresponding parts.

duplication

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Medical definitions for duplication

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