duplication

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of duplicating.
2. (countable, uncountable) A duplicate.
3. (countable, uncountable) A folding over; a fold.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
5. (countable, uncountable) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
6. (countable, uncountable) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.

Synonyms

reproduction

copying

replication

duplicate

repetition

redundancy

reprinting

gemination

imitation

doubling

reduplication

overlapping

interactive

double

iteration

reduplicate

counterpart

dual

reproduce

duplicating

reiteration repetition

emulation

geminate

iterate

multiplexing

multiplication

notes

🎶

repeat

🔁

repeating

repetitive DNA

restoration

scribe

simulation

twofold

two-ply

dup

duplexing

repetition DNA

copy

Translations

duplication

duplicación

duplicazione

Vervielfältigung

duplicació

αντιγραφή

duplicação

duplicat

replicação

reproduction

Duplikation

Verdopplung

πολυγράφηση

Wiederholung

Verdoppelung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/djuː.plɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.