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dedoubling

dedoubling noun: the conversion of a twin-track railway line to single-track.

Noun

dedoubling

  1. The conversion of a twin-track railway line to single-track.
    Antonyms:
    double-tracking
  2. The removal of segmental duplication in genomes

Synonyms of dedoubling

Antonyms

Origin of dedoubling

From de- + doubling.

Questions about dedoubling

What does dedoubling mean?
Dedoubling means the conversion of a twin-track railway line to single-track.
What part of speech is dedoubling?
Dedoubling is a noun.

Words near dedoubling in the dictionary

  1. dedoped
  2. dedopes
  3. dedoping
  4. dedos
  5. dedoublement
  6. dedoubling
  7. dedovshchina
  8. dedramatise
  9. dedramatization
  10. dedramatize
  11. dedramatized

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