deletion (n.)any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases;
deletion (n.)(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome;
deletion (n.)the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage;
an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
deletion (n.)the act of deleting something written or printed;
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