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noun
- 1. the action or process of duplicating something: "an attempt to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort"
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DUPLICATION definition: 1. the act or process of making an exact copy of something: 2. the act or process of doing the…. Learn more.
1. a. : the act or process of duplicating. b. : the quality or state of being duplicated. 2. : duplicate, counterpart. 3. : a part of a chromosome in which the genetic material is repeated. also : the process of forming a duplication. Synonyms. alter ego. carbon copy. clone. counterpart. doppelgänger. doppelganger. double. duplicate. facsimile.
A replica or copy of something is a duplication, and the process of making it is also duplication. Duplication of important computer files is always a good idea — that way you have a backup if you accidentally delete something or your laptop malfunctions.
the act or process of doing something again, especially when it is unnecessary. a wasteful duplication of effort. See duplication in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Check pronunciation: duplication. Definition of duplication noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
If you say that there has been duplication of something, you mean that someone has done a task unnecessarily because it has already been done before.
noun. the act of duplicating or the state of being duplicated. a copy; duplicate. genetics a mutation in which there are two or more copies of a gene or of a segment of a chromosome.
Such duplication of railways involves a waste of capital. In both these rites we seem to have a duplication of ritual, and the parallelism of sacrifice and liberation is clear. The duplication of the flagellum begins at its proximal end, that which is in relation with the kinetonucleus.
duplication. (ˌdjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən) n. 1. the act of duplicating or the state of being duplicated. 2. a copy; duplicate. 3. (Genetics) genetics a mutation in which there are two or more copies of a gene or of a segment of a chromosome.
the act or process of making an exact copy of something: Duplication of certain chromosomes can lead to abnormalities. the act or process of doing the same thing that another person has already done: avoid duplication Organize teams to tackle complex problems and avoid duplication. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Copying and copies.
n. a copy exactly like an original. anything corresponding in all respects to something else. Games [ Cards.]a duplicate game. Idioms in duplicate, in two copies, esp. two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate. v.t.
