Deletion (Noun)
Meaning 1
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 3
The act of deleting something written or printed.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.
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Nouns denoting natural events.