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deletion |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deletion \De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr delere. See {Delete}.] Act of deleting, blotting out or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. --Sir M. Hale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deletion n 1: any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases [syn: {omission}] 2: the part that is omitted when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors" [syn: {cut}] 3: the act of deleting something written or printed
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