deletion

noun

de·​le·​tion di-ˈlē-shən 

dē-

1

: the act of deleting

2

a

: something deleted

b(1)

: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome

(2)

: the mutational process that results in a deletion

Synonyms

• elision
• omission

Examples of deletion in a Sentence

one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue

Recent Examples on the Web

She was appointed to lead the agency in 2022, leaving an executive position with PepsiCo, as the Secret Service was dealing with the fallout of congressional investigations into the deletion of agents' text messages during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 July 2024

Canceling your subscription and deleting your account without a refund request requires filling out an account deletion form, which seems like an unecessary step. —PCMAG, 10 July 2024

The company has said the deletions were not made in response to Miller’s legal claim. —Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 28 June 2024

For deletion experiments, the low end of the range was a catastrophic 32 percent accuracy. —John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Latin deletion-, deletio destruction, from delēre

First Known Use

1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

deletion

noun

de·​le·​tion di-ˈlē-shən 

1

: the absence of a section of genetic material from a gene or chromosome

2

: the mutational process that results in a deletion