Edison invented a device for duplication.
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Duplication
/d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "duplication" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Noun(14 words)
Verb(1 words)
copying files
Strong matches (55)
duplicateduplication of effortduplicityechoembellishmentequivocalityexpletiveextravagancefacsimilefatfeatherbeddingfillingfrillfrillsfripperygingerbreadhalvinghectographyimitationirony
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Noun(14 words)
duplicatingfacsimileingforkinggeminategeminationgene duplicationgenome duplicationmirroringmost repetitiveoverlapoverlappingoverlapsphotocopiesphotocopying
Determiner(2 words)
more copyingmost copying
Related words (92)
plagiarismpleonasmpolarityprolixityquadruplicatequotationre creationre-creationre-formationreappearancerebirthrebuildingreconstitutionreconstructionrecurrenceredesignredoingredoublingredundanceredundancy
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reduplicationreechoreeditionreestablishmentrefashioningregenerationregenesisregurgitationreincarnationreinstitutionreissuereiterationremakingrenascencerenewalrenovationreoccurrencereorganizationrepeatrepetitionreplicareplicationrepresentationreprintingreproductionreprographyreshapingrestorationrestructuringresumptionresurrectionreturnrevisionrevivalrubbingsuperfluitysuperfluousnesstautologytracingtranscripttranscriptiontravestytriplicatetwinningtwo-facednesstwonessunnecessarinessverbosityversionxerography
Noun(21 words)
recopyrecopyingrecreatingrecreationredundancyrepeatingrepetitionrepetitionsreplayingreplaysreplicareplicatingreplicationreplicationsreproduce resultsreproducingreproductionreproductionsrippingtrace with pencil
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Adjective(1 words)
redundant routing
Related word relations
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More general
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdata duplicationduplication errorduplication rateexact duplicationfile duplicationgenetic duplication
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- вадене на копия noun (duplicating)
- удвояване noun (duplicating)
Catalan
1 entries- duplicació noun (duplicating)
Finnish
2 entries- monistaminen noun (duplicating)
- monistus noun (duplicating)
French
1 entries- duplication noun (duplicating)
German
1 entries- Duplikation noun (duplicating)
Italian
1 entries- duplicazione noun (duplicating)
Kazakh
1 entries- қайталаным noun (duplicating)
Māori
1 entries- tāruatanga noun (duplicating)
Portuguese
1 entries- duplicação noun (duplicating)
Romanian
1 entries- duplicare noun (duplicating)
Spanish
1 entries- duplicación noun (duplicating)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Could a microbe be elevated to microbiologist status by gene duplication followed by random mutations and natural selection?
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Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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