duplication

duplication
a) The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
b) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.

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  • duplication — [ dyplikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. duplicatio → double 1 ♦ Vx ou didact. Opération par laquelle on double (une quantité, un volume). Duplication du cube : construction d un cube double d un autre. 2 ♦ Biol. Action de doubler (intr.). Duplication …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Duplication — Duplication, duplicate, and duplicator may refer to: Art and fiction Duplicate (1998 film), a Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt Duplicate (2009 film), a 2009 Malayalam film Gregory Harrison and Kim Greist The Duplicate, a children s book by …   Wikipedia

  • duplication — du pli*ca tion, n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • duplication — du·pli·ca·tion /ˌdü pli kā shən, ˌdyü / n: the act, process, or result of duplicating Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. duplication …   Law dictionary

  • duplication — DUPLICATION. s. fém. Terme de Géométrie. Il n est guère d usage que dans cette phrase, La duplication du cube, pour signifier Le problème par lequel on demande de trouver un cube double d un autre …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • duplication — duplication. См. дупликация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Duplication de l'A.D.N. — ● Duplication de l A.D.N. division d une molécule d acide désoxyribonucléique en deux molécules filles identiques …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • duplication — early 15c., doubling, from M.Fr. duplicacion (13c.) and directly from L. duplicationem (nom. duplicatio), noun of action from pp. stem of duplicare (see DUPLICATE (Cf. duplicate)). Meaning repetition is from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • duplication — [do͞o΄pli kā′shən, dyo͞o΄pli kā′shən] n. [ME duplicacioun < L duplicatio] 1. a duplicating or being duplicated 2. a copy; replica duplicative adj …   English World dictionary

  • Duplication — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Duplication », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) D une manière générale, Le mot duplication …   Wikipédia en Français

  • duplication — duplicate du‧pli‧cate 2 [ˈdjuːplkeɪt ǁ ˈdu ] verb [transitive] to repeat, perhaps unnecessarily, something that has already been done: • Duplicating research is costly and time consuming. • The report merely duplicates earlier findings.… …   Financial and business terms

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