deleção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.leˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: de‧le‧ção

Noun

deleção f (plural deleções)

  1. destruction; elimination; annihilation
    Synonyms: aniquilação, eliminação
  2. (computing) deletion (act of erasing data from storage)
    Synonyms: deletamento, exclusão
  3. (genetics) deletion (mutation causing loss of DNA from chromosomes)
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