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Definitions for duplication
ˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌdyu-du·pli·ca·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. duplicate, duplicationnoun

    a copy that corresponds to an original exactly

    "he made a duplicate for the files"

  2. duplication, geminationnoun

    the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something

    "this kind of duplication is wasteful"

Wiktionary

  1. duplicationnoun

    The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.

  2. duplicationnoun

    The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Duplicationnoun

    Etymology: from duplicate.

    What great pains hath been taken concerning the quadrature of a circle, and the duplication of a cube, and some other mathematical problems. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

    The peritonæum is a strong membrane, every where double; in the duplications of which all the viscera of the abdomen are hid. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

ChatGPT

  1. duplication

    Duplication is the action or process of copying, reproducing, or repeating something exactly or making an exact copy of it. This could refer to duplicating physical items, digital data, biological matter, or even behaviors and actions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Duplicationnoun

    the act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold

  2. Duplicationnoun

    the act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells

  3. Etymology: [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of duplication in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of duplication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of duplication in a Sentence

  1. Umberto Eco:

    There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and, even, with the European tradition.

  2. Evelyn Sanguinetti:

    We know the number is incredibly high and we are first place in the whole country when it comes to the numbers of local government we have in Illinois, right now the focus is on the duplication of services. We want to take a look at streamlining that and to save taxpayer money.

  3. Nuzhat Naweed:

    It all sounds good but there is still a question mark over how it works in practice, the challenge is how you manage personnel to give them enough flexibility, without inefficiencies or duplication.

  4. Michael Hurwitz:

    They were very keen that there was no duplication of effort (on testing) ... We are trying to work out what would be a sensible cooperative programme of testing.

  5. An Education:

    The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) strives to ensure the Civil Rights Data Collection(CRDC) data are an accurate and comprehensive depiction of student access to educational opportunities in school districts, for the 2021-22 CRDC, OCR will continue to collect data on the number of documented incidents of offenses committed by school staff, including rape or attempted rape, and sexual assault.These are data the CRDC has collected since 2015-16.We propose retiring data on the number of allegations made against school staff to reduce burden and duplication of data.This is a proposal and OCR welcomes feedbackon this proposal from the public during the 60-day comment period.

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