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duplication

Syllabification: (du·pli·ca·tion)
Definition of duplication

noun

  • the action or process of duplicating something.
  • a copy.
  • Genetics a DNA segment in a chromosome that is a copy of another segment.

Origin:

late Middle English (used in the mathematical sense 'multiplication by two'): from Old French, or from Latin duplicatio(n-), from duplicare 'to double' (see duplicate)

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