Duplication
[djuːplɪ'keɪʃn] or [,djʊplɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; 'this kind of duplication is wasteful'.
Checker: Sabina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
(n.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.
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Examples
- Some of Edison's most remarkable inventions are revealed in a number of interesting patents relating to the duplication of phonograph records. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some other method of increasing the production without lowering the quality of the printed sheet must be resorted to--and this is duplication. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This saves the duplication and multiplicity of a vast number of extra keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Later on, and as the crowning achievement in the phonograph field, from a commercial point of view, came the duplication of records to the extent of many thousands from a single master. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This is absolutely proven by the exact duplication of the pattern on sets of spoons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Even so beautiful a process as that for the duplication of phonograph records was solemnly held by a Federal judge as lacking invention--as being obvious to any one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Witt