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duplication - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'duplication' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Duplication [ n.]
- The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
- The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.

Meaning of 'duplication' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . duplication [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
Example in sentence:
  • he made a duplicate for the files
Meaning (2):
- the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
Example in sentence:
  • this kind of duplication is wasteful