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   du·pli·ca·tion

   /ˌdo͞opləˈkāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of duplicating something: "an attempt to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort"
   • ▪ a copy.
   • ▪ a DNA segment in a chromosome which is a copy of another segment.

   Word Origin late Middle English (used in the mathematical sense ‘multiplication by two’): from Old French, or from Latin duplicatio(n-), from duplicare ‘to double’ (see duplicate).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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