Antonyms for duplication

Grammar : Noun

Spell : doo-pli-key-shuh n, dyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌdyu-

Definition of duplication

Origin : early 15c., "doubling," from Middle French duplicacion (13c.) and directly from Latin duplicationem (nominative duplicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning "repetition" is from 1580s.

As in parallel : noun complement, correlation
As in simulation : noun imitation
As in counterfeiting : noun copying
As in ditto : noun the same; duplicate
As in duplicate : noun copy, reproduction
As in imitation : noun simulation, substitution

Example sentences :

It was all a kind of duplication, and I could be on the train or in the other place at will.
Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various

What does this suggest to the reader—this duplication of the threefold form of the Book?
Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider

This is a War Ballad, in triplet stanzas with 'duplication.'
Extract from : « Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature » by Various

There was no duplication, however, of the second part of the programme.
Extract from : « The Phantom of the River » by Edward S. Ellis

With this duplication, its national consciousness has as it were solidified.
Extract from : « China, Japan and the U.S.A. » by John Dewey

This duplication of pp. 23, 24 is in both the Brown and Lenox copies.
Extract from : « The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. I: Acadia, 1610-1613 » by Various

If this be so, there is a duplication of Sumatra as well as of Bengal.
Extract from : « A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 » by Unknown

The Duplication of the Cube it is asserted can readily be demonstrated.
Extract from : « Scientific Studies » by Henry Dircks

Each of them, in fact, consists in a duplication of the soul.
Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim

In cults and mythologies the significance of this duplication is very striking.
Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung

Synonyms for duplication

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