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Webster 1913 Edition


Deletion

De-le′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
deletio
, fr.
delere
. See
Delete
.]
Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
A total
deletion
of every person of the opposing party.
Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deletion

DELETION

,
Noun.
[L. To blot out.]
1.
The act of blotting out or erasing.
2.
Destruction.

Definition 2024


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English

Noun

deletion (plural deletions)

  1. An item that has been or will be deleted.
  2. The act of deleting.
  3. (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome

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