duplication

duplication
/dooh'pli kay"sheuhn, dyooh'-/, n.
1. an act or instance of duplicating.
2. the state of being duplicated.
3. a duplicate.
4. Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a region of the chromosome is repeated.
[1490-1500; ( < AF) < L duplication- (s. of duplicatio), equiv. to duplicat(us) (see DUPLICATE) + -ion- -ION]

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  • duplication — du·pli·ca·tion /ˌdü pli kā shən, ˌdyü / n: the act, process, or result of duplicating Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. duplication …   Law dictionary

  • duplication — DUPLICATION. s. fém. Terme de Géométrie. Il n est guère d usage que dans cette phrase, La duplication du cube, pour signifier Le problème par lequel on demande de trouver un cube double d un autre …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • duplication — duplication. См. дупликация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • duplication — [do͞o΄pli kā′shən, dyo͞o΄pli kā′shən] n. [ME duplicacioun < L duplicatio] 1. a duplicating or being duplicated 2. a copy; replica duplicative adj …   English World dictionary

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  • duplication — duplicate du‧pli‧cate 2 [ˈdjuːplkeɪt ǁ ˈdu ] verb [transitive] to repeat, perhaps unnecessarily, something that has already been done: • Duplicating research is costly and time consuming. • The report merely duplicates earlier findings.… …   Financial and business terms

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