Word: duplication
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: du
pli
ca
tion
Definition: The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
Morphemes:
Affix: duplicate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: duplicātus
Language: la
Decoded: duplicatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: doubled, duplicated
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.