duplication

Borrowed from Old French, from Late Latin duplicatio, duplicationem, from Latin duplico.

• (US) IPA^(key): /duplɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

duplication (countable and uncountable, plural duplications)

1. The act of duplicating.
2. A folding over; a fold.
3. (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.

   duplication of cartilage cells

4. (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
5. (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.

Borrowed from Late Latin duplicatio, duplicationem, from Latin duplico.

duplication f (plural duplications)

1. duplication

• dupliquer

• “duplication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).