DELETION - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

Categories: Mutation, Genetic mutation, Chromosomal mutation

Part of speech: Noun

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Example: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors; both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause

Categories: Editing, Redaction

Part of speech: Noun

the act of deleting something written or printed

Categories: Removal, Remotion

The word "deletion" comes from Latin deletio.

Many Latin words entered English twice—once through French and once through direct borrowing.