duplication
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicatio, duplicationem, from Latin duplico. Morphologically duplicate + -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /djuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /dʒuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /d(j)u.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
duplication (countable and uncountable, plural duplications)
- The act of duplicating.
- 2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 39:
- Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.
- A folding over; a fold.
- (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
- duplication of cartilage cells
- (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
Synonyms
- (act of duplicating): See also Thesaurus:duplication
Derived terms
Translations
duplicating
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dividing
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
duplication f (plural duplications)
Related terms
Further reading
- “duplication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.