deleção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• delecção (misspelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.leˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.leˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: de‧le‧ção

Noun

deleção f (plural deleções)

1. destruction; elimination

   Synonym: eliminação

2. (genetics) deletion (mutation causing loss of DNA from chromosomes)
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (computing) deletion (act of erasing data from storage)

   Synonyms: deletamento, exclusão

Related terms

• deletar