Dictionary

deletion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Brisbane
• /dɪˈliːʃən/ (Australia)
• /dəˈliːʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• /dɪˈliːʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [dɪˈlɪiʃən] (Australia) cultivated
• /dɪˈliʃən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dēleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēlētiōnem English deletion From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An item that has been or will be deleted.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of deleting.
   • The file contained errors that required deletion.
3. (countable, uncountable) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
   • A genetic deletion caused the disorder.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act of killing or murder.

Forms

Deriveds

13q deletion syndrome · schwa deletion · transdeletion · soft deletion · speedy deletion · megadeletion · chromosome 5q deletion syndrome · codeletion · indel · autodeletion · deletionism · undeletion · 2q37 deletion syndrome · subdeletion · left-edge deletion · deletionist · microdeletion · whiz deletion · homodeletion · 1p36 deletion syndrome · self-deletion · 22q13 deletion syndrome · hard deletion · 9q34 deletion syndrome · deletional · nondeletion

Translations (47)

pt exclusão (the act of deleting) · fr cassure chromosomique (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · es deleción (the act of deleting) · fi poistaminen (the act of deleting) · fr suppression (the act of deleting) · fr délétion (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · el διαγραφή (the act of deleting) · it delezione (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · es supresión (the act of deleting) · hu deléció (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · cmn 刪除 /删除 (an item that has been or will be deleted) · es borrado (the act of deleting) · is eyðing (the act of deleting) · fi poistuma (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · fi poisto (the act of deleting) · ja 欠失 (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · pt deletamento (the act of deleting) · ko 삭제 (the act of deleting) · nl verwijdering (the act of deleting) · af skrapping (the act of deleting) · id delesi (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · cmn 刪除 /删除 (the act of deleting) · pt deleção (the act of deleting) · de Deletion (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · ja 削除 (the act of deleting) · de Löschung (the act of deleting) · pl usunięcie (the act of deleting) · no sletting, stryking (the act of deleting) · ru деле́ция (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · id penghapusan (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · pl skasowanie (the act of deleting) · sv borttagning (the act of deleting) · es eliminación (the act of deleting) · ru удале́ние (the act of deleting) · fi poisto (an item that has been or will be deleted) · sv radering (the act of deleting) · es borradura (the act of deleting) · eo genforigo (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · id penghapusan (the act of deleting) · cmn 刪除 /删除 (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · cs smazání (the act of deleting) · cs vymazání (the act of deleting) · eo forigo (the act of deleting) · ru стира́ние (the act of deleting) · pt deleção (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · es deleción (mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome) · es elisión (the act of deleting)