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du·pli·ca·tion
I. \ˌd(y)üpləˈkāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Latin duplication-, duplicatio, from duplicatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the action or process of duplicating or doubling or the quality or state of being duplicated or doubled
< save time and money by avoiding duplication of effort >
< after his initial success, the author's successive novels were marked mainly by duplication >
2. : duplicate, copy, counterpart
3. : chorisis
4. : celebration of mass by the same priest twice in a day
5. [Latin duplication-, duplicatio, literally, action of doubling] : a rebuttal pleading in Roman, canon, and civil law by which a party to litigation avoids the legal effect of matter just pleaded by his adversary
II. noun
: a part of a chromosome in which the genetic material is repeated ; also : the process of forming a duplication |