Duplication

Definitions

1. The act of duplicating.
   countable, uncountable
2. A duplicate.
   countable, uncountable
3. A folding over; a fold.
   countable, uncountable
4. The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
   countable, uncountable
6. A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason⟳ put⟳ forward⟳ by BR at the time.”

“Counting crimes as given in the index to the Penal Code, their number⟳ is nearly twice as great as that stated, but as some are only duplications I have⟳ reduced my estimate⟳ that it may be well within the limits of the fact.”

“Registration of trademarks had been revised and a unit had been set⟳ up to clear up duplications.”

“Duplications were made by carbon paper. If you had a pleading to be sent to three parties, you typed an original and four carbon copies, including an office copy⟳.”

“duplication of cartilage cells”

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