deletion

Noun
  1. Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases (synset 113545602)
    is a type of: linguistic process - a process involved in human language
    subtypes:
    • aphaeresis, apheresis - (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
    • aphesis - the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
    • elision - omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
    • eclipsis, ellipsis - omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
    same as: omission
  2. (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome (synset 107440177)
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
  3. The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage (synset 106439886)
    "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
    is a type of: editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
    same as: cut, excision
  4. The act of deleting something written or printed (synset 100395418)
    is a type of: remotion, removal - the act of removing
    subtypes:

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