Du`pli*ca"tion (?), n.
[L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.]
1. The act of
duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter.
Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a
volume which is double that of a given cube.
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