misduplication

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noun

incorrect duplication

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Meanings

nounmisduplication (countable and uncountable, plural misduplications)

plural misduplications

  1. countableuncountableincorrect duplication

    There is change, but the changes arise out of slight misduplications of the pattern rather than from essential antagonisms.

    2001, Wayde Compton, Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature, page 17
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    According to our previous paper, proton tunneling lead to the misduplication of DNA; that is, in the case of excitation of an electron by light the misduplication of DNA by means of the proton tunneling can more easily occur in the adenine-thymine pair than in the guanine-cytosine pair.

    1967, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan - Volume 40, page 25

    When I saw those words I guess I lost my concentration and thought you were thinking something else. Sorry for the misduplication.

    2013, Molly Brogan, Chasing Twilight

Origin

From mis- + duplication.

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APA

misduplication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misduplication

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“misduplication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misduplication. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misduplication,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misduplication.

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