du·pli·ca·tion (d  pl -k  sh n, dy-)n. 1. a. The act or procedure of duplicating. b. The condition of being duplicated. 2. A duplicate; a replica. 3. Genetics a. The occurrence of a repeated section of genetic material in a chromosome. b. The formation of such a duplication. |
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| Noun | 1. | duplication - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files" computer backup, backup - (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased" copy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" |
| 2. | duplication - the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful" copying - an act of copying |
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