I. ˌd(y)üpləˈkāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Latin duplication-, duplicatio, from duplicatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the action or process of duplicating or doubling or the quality or state of being duplicated or doubled
save time and money by avoiding duplication of effort
after his initial success, the author's successive novels were marked mainly by duplication
2. : duplicate , copy , counterpart
3. : chorisis
4. : celebration of mass by the same priest twice in a day
5.
[Latin duplication-, duplicatio, literally, action of doubling]
: a rebuttal pleading in Roman, canon, and civil law by which a party to litigation avoids the legal effect of matter just pleaded by his adversary
II. noun
: a part of a chromosome in which the genetic material is repeated ; also : the process of forming a duplication