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duplication

/djuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of duplicating.

  • A folding over; a fold.

  • The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.

    "duplication of cartilage cells"

  • The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.

  • A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.