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Deletion
- noun - (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
- any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
- the act of deleting something written or printed
- 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"
Deletive
- - Adapted to destroy or obliterate.
Demitint
- - That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light. (b) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.
Demotics
- - The department of knowledge relative to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense; -- in library cataloguing.
Demoting
- verb -
- Reduce in rank or position
Demotion
- noun - act of lowering in rank or position
Denature
- verb - add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
- modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
- Take away the inherent nature of
Denotata
- noun - an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression