deleção

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēlētiōnem (destruction).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧le‧ção

Noun

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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
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