Edison invented a device for duplication.
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Duplication
//d(j)u.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "duplication" (136 found)
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reestablishmentrefashioningregenerationregenesisregurgitationreincarnationreinstitutionreissuereiterationremakingrenascencerenewalrenovationreoccurrencereorganizationrepeatrepetitionreplicareplicationrepresentationreprintingreproductionreprographyreshapingrestorationrestructuringresumptionresurrectionreturnrevisionrevivalrubbingsuperfluitysuperfluousnesstautologytracingtranscripttranscriptiontravestytriplicatetwinningtwo-facednesstwonessunnecessarinessverbosityversionxerography
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14 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- вадене на копия noun (duplicating)
- удвояване noun (duplicating)
Catalan
1 entries- duplicació noun (duplicating)
Finnish
3 entries- jakautuminen noun (dividing)
- 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)
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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.
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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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