"deletion" meaning in English

See deletion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈliːʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deletion.wav Forms: deletions [plural]
Rhymes: -iːʃən Etymology: From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|deletio|dēlētiōnem|destruction, effacement}} Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deletion (countable and uncountable, plural deletions)
  1. An item that has been or will be deleted. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an item that has been or will be deleted): 刪除 (Chinese Mandarin), 删除 (shānchú) (Chinese Mandarin), poisto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-deletion-en-noun-60QbOwP0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 44 44 2 Disambiguation of 'an item that has been or will be deleted': 97 2 1 0
  2. The act of deleting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of deleting): skrapping (Afrikaans), 刪除 (Chinese Mandarin), 删除 (shānchú) (Chinese Mandarin), smazání [neuter] (Czech), vymazání [neuter] (Czech), verwijdering (Dutch), forigo (Esperanto), poistaminen (Finnish), poisto (Finnish), suppression [feminine] (French), Löschung [feminine] (German), διαγραφή (diagrafí) [feminine] (Greek), eyðing [feminine] (Icelandic), penghapusan (Indonesian), 削除 (sakujo) (alt: さくじょ) (Japanese), skasowanie [neuter] (Polish), usunięcie [neuter] (Polish), exclusão [feminine] (Portuguese), deleção [feminine] (Portuguese), deletamento [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), удале́ние (udalénije) [neuter] (Russian), стира́ние (stiránije) [neuter] (Russian), supresión [feminine] (Spanish), borrado [masculine] (Spanish), deleción [feminine] (Spanish), elisión [feminine] (Spanish), borradura [feminine] (Spanish), eliminación [feminine] (Spanish), borttagning [common-gender] (Swedish), radering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deletion-en-noun-tB0aDikW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 44 44 2 Disambiguation of 'the act of deleting': 2 88 5 6
  3. (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome): 刪除 (Chinese Mandarin), 删除 (shānchú) (Chinese Mandarin), genforigo (Esperanto), poistuma (Finnish), délétion (French), cassure chromosomique (French), Deletion [feminine] (German), deléció (Hungarian), delesi (Indonesian), penghapusan (Indonesian), delezione (Italian), 欠失 (kesshitsu) (alt: けっしつ) (Japanese), deleção [feminine] (Portuguese), деле́ция (delécija) [feminine] (Russian), deleción (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deletion-en-noun-ZS-zbXud Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 39 54 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 31 54 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 37 49 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 44 44 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 37 52 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 13 27 56 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 27 58 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 23 63 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 30 55 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 30 59 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 27 58 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 30 56 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 28 57 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 25 62 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 22 63 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 11 27 58 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 13 27 56 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 30 59 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 30 59 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 23 66 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 11 27 58 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 28 55 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 27 57 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 30 59 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 30 53 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 27 60 3 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome': 1 3 96 0
  4. (Internet slang) An act of killing or murder. Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deletion-en-noun-6KEw0BLL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome",
      "word": "délétion"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome",
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      "sense": "mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome",
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