different between delation vs duplication

English

Etymology

From Latin d?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??le??n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di?le??n?/

Noun

delation (countable and uncountable, plural delations)

1. (obsolete) Conveyance.
2. (law) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 253:

     A wise woman who was popular with her neighbours might escape delation; whereas one who had fallen out with them might find herself accused not just of charming, but even of black witchcraft.

   • 2012, Bradford E. Hinze, Chapter 1: A Decade of Disciplining Theologians, Richard R. Gaillardetz (editor), When the Magisterium Intervenes, Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier), page 9,

     Delations frequently come from a local bishop, but there have been cases where vigilante groups (e.g., Catholics United for the Faith) and individuals have complained about a theologian's writings or lectures.

Synonyms

• (accusation): accusation, denunciation

Translations

Anagrams

• dial tone, indolate, tiadenol

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Late Latin duplicatio, duplicationem, from Latin duplico.Morphologically duplicate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju?.pl?.?ke?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d(j)u.pl?.?ke?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

duplication (countable and uncountable, plural duplications)

1. The act of duplicating.
2. A folding over; a fold.
3. (biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.

4. (genetics) The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
5. (genetics) A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.

Synonyms

• (act of duplicating): See also Thesaurus:duplication

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Late Latin duplicatio, duplicationem, from Latin duplico.

Pronunciation

Noun

duplication f (plural duplications)

1. duplication

Related terms

• dupliquer

Further reading

• “duplication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).