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Definition: duplication of the cube
duplication
\du`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F.
duplication.]
1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated;
a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
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2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth
or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage
cells. --Carpenter.
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duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a
cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.
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