Deletion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Deletion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deletion n any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases Synonym(s): omission, deletion (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" Synonym(s): deletion, excision, cut the act of deleting something written or printed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deletion \Dele"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See {Delete}.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. A total deletion* of every person of the opposing party. --Sir M. Hale.