duplicating
Reproducing the original
Duplicating is the act of making a copy or copies of something.
The word often suggests reproduction that creates an exact match: duplicating documents, duplicating keys.
In older office settings, duplicating referred specifically to mechanical copying processes before photocopiers became standard.
To avoid duplicating effort is to prevent redundant work.
Multiplying by two
- triplingMaking threefold
- quadruplingMultiplying by four
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
scaling · compounding · amplifying · magnifying · increasing · expanding · replicating · snowballing
Making identical copies
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- cellularComposed of small units
twinning · regeneration · proliferation · propagate · reproduce · budding · genome · somatic
Machine-made paper duplicate
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- reproduceCopy or breed
carbon-copy · backup · scan · transcribe · mimeograph · reprint · ditto · copy-paste
Adaptive resemblance to another
- emulatingCopying to equal
- apingImitating closely
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
mirroring · copycat · counterfeiting · forging · impersonating · simulating · shadowing · re-enacting
Occurring more than once
- reiteratingStating something anew
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
- restatingExpressing again in other words
- rehashingRevisiting previously discussed material
recycling · redundant · iterating · looping · recurring · rewording · paraphrasing · rephrasing
Stored duplicate for recovery
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- fault-toleranceAbility to withstand malfunctions
redundant · RAID · failsafe · synchronization · clustering · parallel · secondary · standby
doubling
Multiplying by two
- triplingMaking threefold
- quadruplingMultiplying by four
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
proliferation · scaling · compounding · amplifying · magnifying · increasing · expanding · replicating · snowballing · cascading
cloning
Making identical copies
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- DNAHereditary code molecule
cellular · twinning · regeneration · proliferation · propagate · reproduce · budding · genome · somatic · embryo
photocopy
Machine-made paper duplicate
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
reproduce · carbon-copy · backup · scan · transcribe · mimeograph · reprint · ditto · copy-paste · tracing
mimicry
Adaptive resemblance to another
echoing · mirroring · copycat · counterfeiting · forging · impersonating · simulating · shadowing · re-enacting · pantomiming
repeating
Occurring more than once
- reiteratingStating something anew
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
- restatingExpressing again in other words
rehashing · recycling · redundant · iterating · looping · recurring · rewording · paraphrasing · rephrasing · tautology
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
fault-tolerance · redundant · RAID · failsafe · synchronization · clustering · parallel · secondary · standby · rollback
- copyingcopying, copy, plagiarism, repeating, replication
- mirroringcopying, reflecting, mimicking, imitating, replicating
- reprographicsblueprints, technical drawings, architectural plans, blueprint paper, plotters
- starting overreset, reboot, refresh, reload, retry
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
duplicatingoriginating
Coming into existence
creating · inventing · innovating · generating · authoring
duplicatingeliminating
Removing from consideration
deleting · destroying · removing · erasing · consolidating
duplicatingdifferentiating
Identifying distinct features
distinguishing · diversifying · varying · individualizing · customizing
- genome duplicationCopying all chromosomes
- key duplicationReproducing a key