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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  duplication \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth
        or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage
        cells. --Carpenter.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a
        cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Duplication \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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duplication of the cube
     n.
     (lb en math) The operation of finding a cube having a volume which is
  double that of a given cube.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  duplication of the cube
     n.
     (lb en math) The operation of finding a cube having a volume which is
  double that of a given cube.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  duplication of the cube
     n.
     (lb en math) The operation of finding a cube having a volume which is
  double that of a given cube.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  duplication of the cube
     n.
     (lb en math) The operation of finding a cube having a volume which is
  double that of a given cube.

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