The word "duplication" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of copying something, or the result of said copying. Example sentence: The duplication of this document is necessary for insurance purposes.
You can read the MOU here (pdf), which states: Consistent with the objects of the MoU, Queensland will become responsible for assessing projects for the purpose of the EPBC Act to reduce duplication between jurisdictions, and - within 12 months - approving projects, when an approval bilateral agreement has been signed.
The benefits of collaboration are manifold, Kuevor argues: "It helps reduce duplication, ensures their development efforts are more coordinated, and increases opportunities for them to learn from one another.
Unnecessary duplication in mobile phone networks is wasting an "enormous" amount of energy, the Green party has claimed.
Some duplication would still occur: repeating experiments that produce positive results to check that they really are as good as they say is necessary.
As the keys that once imprinted up to five blurred copies fall silent, the thin films that pioneered duplication seem destined for the bin.In this section The road to renewal Fade to black A cadmium lining ReprintsBut not yet.
Usually, such duplications cause illness, if not death (Down's syndrome is the result of the partial or complete duplication of chromosome 21).
This resulted in both mixed messages and unnecessary duplication.
In October Chinese regulators ordered the country's operators to share parts of their networks to curb duplication in investments, for example.Such practices are now becoming more widespread in developed countries as the financial crisis puts pressure on operators to cut costs and to reduce their need for capital.
A policy review is under way with the aim of eliminating duplication and cutting jobs.
(Adding moisture to their fingertips helps).In this section Identifying a billion Indians In the cheap seats Class discipline Milton Friedman goes on tour The co-op strikes back Burning ambitions Two dynasties, several pits The crescent and the company ReprintsWhen an individual is enrolled, his biometric data must be compared with everyone else's to ensure there is no duplication.
Britain's defence establishment is busy in other wars and also fretful that the EU is planning wasteful duplication of things NATO now does (though the foreign secretary, David Miliband, recently said that Europe cannot always wait for NATO or America when military action is needed).
