duplication, gemination
(noun) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; “this kind of duplication is wasteful”
duplicate, duplication
(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; “he made a duplicate for the files”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
duplication (countable and uncountable, plural duplications)
The act of duplicating.
A folding over; a fold.
(biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
(genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
• (act of duplicating): See also duplication
Source: Wiktionary
Du`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.]
1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2025
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
