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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dēleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēlētiōnem English deletion From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

borrowed from dēlētus
suffixed as deletion — “delete + ion”

Definitions

An item that has been or will be deleted.
2
The act of deleting.
- The file contained errors that required deletion.
3
A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
- A genetic deletion caused the disorder.
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1. An act of killing or murder.

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Derived

13q deletion syndrome, 1p36 deletion syndrome, 22q13 deletion syndrome, 2q37 deletion syndrome, 9q34 deletion syndrome, autodeletion, chromosome 5q deletion syndrome, codeletion, deletional, deletionism, deletionist, hard deletion, indel, left-edge deletion, megadeletion, microdeletion, nondeletion, schwa deletion, self-deletion, soft deletion, speedy deletion, subdeletion, transdeletion, undeletion

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deletion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at deletion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at deletion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.