deletion

See also: délétion

English

Etymology

From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈliːʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːʃən

Noun

deletion (countable and uncountable, plural deletions)

  1. An item that has been or will be deleted. [1580s[1]]
  2. The act of deleting. [c. 1600[1]]
    Hyponym: redeletion
  3. (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
  4. (Internet slang) An act of killing or murder.

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References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “deletion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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