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Deletion

//dɪˈliːʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An item that has been or will be deleted. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of deleting something written or printed wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of deleting. countable, uncountable

    "The file contained errors that required deletion."

  4. 4
    the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage wordnet
  5. 5
    A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome. countable, uncountable

    "A genetic deletion caused the disorder."

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  1. 6
    (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome wordnet
  2. 7
    An act of killing or murder. Internet, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases wordnet

Etymology

From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

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