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English noun: deletion | |||
| 1. | deletion (process) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | ||
| Synonyms | omission | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linguistic process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aphaeresis, apheresis, aphesis, eclipsis, elision, ellipsis | ||
| 2. | deletion (event) (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| 3. | deletion (communication) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | ||
| Samples | An editor's deletions frequently upset young authors. Both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause. | ||
| Synonyms | cut, excision | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | editing, redaction | ||
| 4. | deletion (act) the act of deleting something written or printed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remotion, removal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | castration, censoring, censorship, erasure, expunction, expunging, expurgation | ||
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