Definition of "duplication" []

• The act or procedure of duplicating. (noun)
• The condition of being duplicated. (noun)
• A duplicate; a replica. (noun)
• Genetics The occurrence of a repeated section of genetic material in a chromosome. (noun)
• Genetics The formation of such a duplication. (noun)

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• "General Frank P. Blair had been elected as well as Garfield, and it was in Blair's case that the issue was made by those who objected to the legality of what they called a duplication of offices."
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• "Or to put it in straight terms, I am holding a CD in my had that states on it “Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws”."