Deletion - Definition
deletion
n 1: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken
words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion]
2: (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides
from a chromosome
3: 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" [syn: deletion, excision, cut]
4: the act of deleting something written or printed