'Deletion' definitions:
Definition of 'deletion'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion]
noun
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
noun
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut]
noun
The act of deleting something written or printed
Definition of 'Deletion'
From: GCIDE
- Deletion \De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deletion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abridgment,
- blot,
- blotting,
- blotting out,
- blue-penciling,
- bowdlerization,
- cancel,
- cancellation,
- censoring,
- censorship,
- editing,
- effacement,
- erasure,
- expunction,
- expurgation,
- obliteration,
- omission,
- scrubbing,
- striking,
- washing out,
- wiping out