deletion
See also: délétion
English
Etymology
From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”).[1] Equivalent to delete + -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈliːʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːʃən
Noun
deletion (countable and uncountable, plural deletions)
- An item that has been or will be deleted. [1580s[1]]
- The act of deleting. [c. 1600[1]]
- Hyponym: redeletion
- The file contained errors that required deletion.
- (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
- A genetic deletion caused the disorder.
- (Internet slang) An act of killing or murder.
Derived terms
- 13q deletion syndrome
- 1p36 deletion syndrome
- 22q13 deletion syndrome
- 2q37 deletion syndrome
- 9q34 deletion syndrome
- autodeletion
- codeletion
- deletional
- deletionism
- deletionist
- hard deletion
- indel
- megadeletion
- microdeletion
- nondeletion
- schwa deletion
- self-deletion
- soft deletion
- speedy deletion
- subdeletion
- transdeletion
- undeletion
Translations
an item that has been or will be deleted
the act of deleting
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mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “deletion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.