DUPLICATION

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (act of duplicating): See also duplication

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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