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Noun [English]

IPA: /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /dʒuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duplication.wav Forms: duplications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|duplicacioun}} Middle English duplicacioun, {{der|en|frm|duplication}} Middle French duplication, {{der|en|LL.|duplicatio|duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem}} Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, {{der|en|la|duplicō}} Latin duplicō, {{suffix|en|duplicate|ion|nocat=1}} duplicate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} duplication (countable and uncountable, plural duplications)
  1. The act of duplicating. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. A duplicate. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. A folding over; a fold. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dividing): jakautuminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-duplication-en-noun-0Jn09MEk Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'dividing': 7 14 8 60 5 6
  5. (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-duplication-en-noun-dOPPeO4M Categories (other): Genetics Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  6. (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-duplication-en-noun-fLKasG7N Categories (other): Genetics Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doubling, duplation, duplication Hypernyms: multiplication Translations (duplicating): удвояване (udvojavane) (Bulgarian), вадене на копия (vadene na kopija) (Bulgarian), duplicació [feminine] (Catalan), monistaminen (Finnish), monistus (Finnish), duplication [feminine] (French), Duplikation (German), duplicazione [feminine] (Italian), қайталаным (qaitalanym) (Kazakh), tāruatanga (Maori), duplicação [feminine] (Portuguese), duplicare [feminine] (Romanian), duplicación [feminine] (Spanish)

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-duplication.wav Forms: duplications [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French, {{inh+|fr|frm|-}} Inherited from Middle French, {{der|fr|LL.|duplicatio|duplicātiōnem}} Late Latin duplicātiōnem, {{der|fr|la|duplicō}} Latin duplicō Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} duplication f (plural duplications)
  1. duplication Tags: feminine Related terms: dupliquer
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