duplication
Pronunciation: /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “duplication” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of duplicating.
- A duplicate.
- A folding over; a fold.
- The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
- The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
- A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
Etymology
From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.
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