Meaning of DELETION
| Pronunciation: | | di'leeshun
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- [n] the act of deleting something written or printed
- [n] 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"
- [n] any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases
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| | Synonyms: | | cut, excision, omission |
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| | See Also: | | aphaeresis, apheresis, aphesis, castration, censoring, censorship, eclipsis, editing, elision, ellipsis, erasure, expunction, expunging, expurgation, linguistic process, redaction, remotion, removal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See
{Delete}.]
Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
A total deletion of every person of the opposing party.
--Sir M. Hale.
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| | Definition: | | A removal of a portion of a gene. |
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- A loss of part of the DNA from a chromosome; can lead to a disease or abnormality.
- a chromosome aberration in which a chromosome breaks and a segment that is not attached to the spindle is not included in the second-generation cell. The genetic material on the deleted section is lost.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbreviation, abridgment, blot, blotting, blotting out, blue-penciling, bowdlerization, cancel, cancellation, censoring, censorship, editing, effacement, erasure, expunction, expurgation, obliteration, omission, scrubbing, striking, washing out, wiping out |
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