Crossword clues for duplication
The Collaborative International Dictionary
duplication \du`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.]
The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
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(Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.
--Carpenter.duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "doubling," from Middle French duplicacion (13c.) and directly from Latin duplicationem (nominative duplicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning "repetition" is from 1580s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. 2 The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.
WordNet
n. a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files" [syn: duplicate]
the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful" [syn: gemination]
Wikipedia
Duplication, duplicate, and duplicator may refer to:
Usage examples of "duplication".
The commonly associated defects are: More or less completely septate bladder, atresia ani, or more rarely double anus, double urethra, increased breadth of the bony pelvis with defect of the symphysis pubis, and possibly duplication of the lower end of the spine, and hernia of some of the abdominal contents into a perineal pouch.
Ephemerides contains the account of an example of double cecum, and Alexander speaks of a double colon, and there are other cases of duplication of the bowel recorded.
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including duplication, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the American Diabetes Association.
Professor Durand will leave his robot here for mass duplication, provided that I can prove my ability to go into immediate production following the demonstration.
The Duplication of the Hexahedron, demonstrated geometrically to all the Universities and all the Academies of Europe.
Her sketchbooks, and paints, were more bulky, but we pooled our books to avoid duplication.
Paris, a long letter in Italian, on the duplication of the cube, which he wished to publish.
One Archlute in South Kensington Museum has as many as 24, eleven of which are duplications.
He had fled from this studio of death, the moment that Griff Torrock had begun his duplication of the plunge that had carried Lee Selfkirk to a sudden death.
And the, responses, low-muttered, in voices through which rose the same tone, the same unseizable family ring, sounded weird, as though murmured in hurried duplication by a single person.
A simple system, and, yet, one Boolean could do nothing about without negating the duplication as well, and one that would make our quarry stand out in our society and, not incidentally, would prevent the natural experimentation that might have resulted in a pregnancy.
It is a practical, but rather illogical, device to prevent duplication of tax burdens on vehicles in transit.
In an attempt to cut down on duplication of effort, several other departments had to hand over large chunks of their interests to us.
Opiz, tired of the polemics, announced that he was leaving on a six-weeks tour of inspection and that he would not be able to occupy himself with the duplication of the cube for some time to come.
In August 1790, Casanova published his 'Solution du Probleme Deliaque demontree and Deux corollaires a la duplication de hexadre'.