duplication
English
/djuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /d(j)u.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Definitions
- The act of duplicating.
- A folding over; a fold.
- (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
- (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.
Etymology
Derived from Latin duplicatio, duplicationem, duplico.
Origin
Latin
duplico
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alloduplication English
- antiduplication English
- deduplication English
- endoduplication English
- endoreduplication English
- hyperduplication English
- isoduplication English
- microduplication English
- multiduplication English
- nonduplication English
- overduplication English
- photoduplication English
- preduplication English
- reduplication English
- retroduplication English
- transduplication English
- duplex Latin
- duplicatio, duplicationem Latin
- duplico Latin
- duplicazione Italian
- duplication French