Definitions of deletion [ɪˈli ʃən]

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Definition of 'deletion'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) deletion
an act of deleting.

2. deletion
something deleted.

3. deletion
a type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.

Etymology: (1580–90; < L)

Definition of 'deletion'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) omission, deletion
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

2. (noun) deletion
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

3. (noun) deletion, excision, cut
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"

4. (noun) deletion
the act of deleting something written or printed

Definition of 'deletion'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) deletion
act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction

Translation of 'deletion'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to rub or strike out (eg a piece of writing) Delete his name from the list.
Afrikaans: skrapping, deurhaling, ui	Arabic: حَذْف، شَطْب، مَحْو	Bulgarian: изтриване
Brazilian: supressão	Czech: škrtnutí, vymazání	German: die Streichung
Danish: sletning; strygning; fjer	Greek: διαγραφή	Spanish: eliminación, supresión, t
Estonian: eemaldamine	Farsi: حذف	Finnish: poisto
French: suppression, rature	Hebrew: מְחִיקָה	Hindi: मिटा हुआ
Croatian: brisanje, poništenje	Hungarian: törlés, kihúzás	Indonesian: penghapusan
Icelandic: útstrikun, úrfelling	Italian: cancellatura	Japanese: 削除
Korean: 삭제	Lithuanian: išbraukimas, ištrynimas	Latvian: izsvītrošana; izdzēšana
Malay: pemotongan	Dutch: schrapping	Norwegian: stryking, sletting
Polish: usunięcie	Persian: حذف	Pashto: پاک
Portuguese: supressão	Romanian: ştergere, eliminare	Russian: ��ычёркивание
Slovak: vyčiarknutie, vytretie	Slovenian: izbris	Serbian: brisanje
Swedish: [ut]strykning	Thai: การตัดออก	Turkish: slime,çizme
Taiwanese: 刪除	Ukrainian: викреслювання; витирання	Urdu: حذف
Vietnamese: sự xóa bỏ	Chinese: 删除
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