deletion

de·le·tion  (d-lshn)

n.

1. The act of deleting; removal by striking out.

2. Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.

3. Genetics The loss, as through mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.

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deletion [dɪˈliːʃən]

n

1. the act of deleting or fact of being deleted

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a deleted passage, word, etc., in text

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deletion - any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases omission aphaeresis, apheresis - (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' aphesis - the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' elision - omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) eclipsis, ellipsis - omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences linguistic process - a process involved in human language
	2.	deletion - (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
	3.	deletion - the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" excision, cut editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
	4.	deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" expurgation, castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work censoring, censorship - deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances expunction, expunging, erasure - deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

Translations

deletion [dɪˈliːʃən] N → supresión f, tachadura f (Comput) → borrado m, supresión f

deletion [dɪˈliːʃ^ən] n (in written text) → rature f; (in electronic text) → suppression f

deletion

n → Streichung f; (Comput) → Löschung f; to make a deletion → etwas streichen; he made several deletions in the text → er strich mehrere Stellen im Text; who made those deletions? → wer hat das gestrichen?

deletion [dɪˈliːʃ/ən] n → soppressione f, eliminazione f