deletion

deletion
delete de‧lete [dɪˈliːt] verb [transitive]
1. to remove something written on a list, in a document etc:

• Libelous remarks about living people have been deleted from the document.

• The company will be deleted from the S & P 500 Index.

2. COMPUTING to remove a document, program etc from a computer:

• Clean up your mailbox by deleting your old emails.

3. MARKETING if a company deletes a product, it stops making it or selling it
— deletion noun [countable, uncountable] :

• investigating the deletion of data from company files

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deletion UK US /dɪˈliːʃən/ noun
► [U or C] the act of removing something that is written or printed in a document or saved on a computer: »

Three incorrect log-in attempts will result in system shutdown and deletion of all files.

► [C] something written, printed, or saved that has been removed from a document or computer: »

These are the latest additions and deletions to the Approved Drug product list.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Deletion — auf einem Chromosom. Eine Deletion (engl. delete „löschen“), auch Gendeletion, ist in der Genetik eine Variante der Genmutation bzw. Chromosomenmutation (und damit eine Chromosomenaberration), bei der eine Nukleotidsequenz bzw. ein Teil bis hin… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • délétion — [ delesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1961; angl. deletion « suppression », du lat. deletio ♦ Biol. Perte d un fragment d A. D. N., pouvant aller d une seule paire de bases à un gène ou à un grand fragment de chromosome, constituant une cause de mutation.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Deletion — De*le tion, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See {Delete}.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deletion — deletion. См. делеция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Deletion — (v. lat.), Vernichtung; daher Deleterium, jede das Leben gewaltsam vernichtende Substanz, u. Delelerisch, vernichtend …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • deletion — index annulment, cancellation, rescision Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Deletion — Deletion, Verlust eines mehr (Chromosomenbereiche) oder weniger (einzelne Basen) großen Teils der DNA Sequenz …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • deletion — 1580s, from L. deletionem (nom. deletio), noun of action from pp. stem of delere (see DELETE (Cf. delete)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • deletion — [dē lē′shən, dilē′shən] n. [L deletio] 1. a deleting or being deleted 2. a deleted word, passage, etc. 3. Genetics the absence of some normal portion of a chromosome …   English World dictionary

  • Délétion 5p — Maladie du cri du chat La maladie du cri du chat, ou syndrome de Lejeune est un trouble génétique rare chez l être humain dû à une délétion d une partie du chromosome 5. Le nom de cette maladie vient du cri monochromatique aigu qui permet le… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Deletion — For the deletion policy in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Deletion policy Deletion is the act of deleting or removal by striking out material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter. Deletion may refer …   Wikipedia

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