Definition of deletion Deletion
/dɪliˈʃʌn/ - [dileeshun] - de•le•tion
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NounPlural: deletions |
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| deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed | ||
| remotion, removal dismissal from office | ||
| expurgation, castration the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | ||
| censoring, censorship deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | ||
| deletion - 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" | ||
| excision, cut | ||
| editing, redaction putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | ||
| deletion - (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome | ||
| chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation a change or alteration in form or qualities | ||
| deletion - any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | ||
| omission | ||
| linguistic process the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings" | ||
| aphaeresis, apheresis (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | ||
| aphesis the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' | ||
| elision omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deletion (n.)
Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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deletion
A mutation in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is missing.
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🔤- deletion, noun, singular of deletions.
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