duplication

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /dʒuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (US) IPA(key): /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === duplication (countable and uncountable, plural duplications) The act of duplicating. A duplicate. A folding over; a fold. (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action. (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another. (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process. ==== Synonyms ==== (act of duplicating): See also Thesaurus:duplication ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === duplication f (plural duplications) duplication ==== Related terms ==== dupliquer === Further reading === “duplication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012