duplication

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UK /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ US /d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun 5

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(noun.)

ADJ

unnecessary, wasteful

The company eliminated unnecessary duplication by combining their two marketing departments.

VERB + DUPLICATION

avoid, eliminate, prevent, reduce

The manager implemented new systems to avoid duplication of effort across different departments.

Definitions

noun

The act of duplicating.

Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.

A duplicate.

Counting crimes as given in the index to the Penal Code, their number is nearly twice as great as that stated, but as some are only duplications I have reduced my estimate that it may be well within the limits of the fact.

Registration of trademarks had been revised and a unit had been set up to clear up duplications.

A folding over; a fold.

The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.

duplication of cartilage cells

The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.

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Synonyms

noun — the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of

gemination

noun — a copy that corresponds to an original exactly

duplicate

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.

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Registration of trademarks had been revised and a unit had been set up to clear up duplications.

Wiktionary

Edison invented a device for duplication.

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Could a microbe be elevated to microbiologist status by gene duplication followed by random mutations and natural selection?

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