duplication
The act of duplicatingThe act of duplicating.
» Edison invented a device for duplication.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of duplicating.
the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
(countable, uncountable)A duplicate.
Duplikation
(countable, uncountable)A folding over; a fold.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
duplication of cartilage cells
(countable, uncountable)The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
(countable, uncountable)A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
Examples
2 sentencesEdison invented a device for duplication.
Could a microbe be elevated to microbiologist status by gene duplication followed by random mutations and natural selection?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātFrom Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: duplications| Singular | duplication |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something:gemination
- a copy that corresponds to an original exactly:duplicate
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable