Megkettzése

Megkettzése is a Hungarian term that denotes the act of making something twofold or doubling. The standard spelling in most contexts is megkettőzése; megkettzése is commonly understood as a misspelling or regional variant. Etymologically, it combines the prefix meg- with kettő (two) and the noun-forming suffix -zése, creating a noun that describes the process of doubling.

The concept applies across several domains. In linguistics, it can refer to a process of doubling sounds or morphemes, though specific terminology for this phenomenon often uses other terms depending on the context. In mathematics and economics, megkettzése describes a twofold increase or the creation of two copies of a quantity, such as doubling production or data. In information technology and data management, it can mean duplicating data to produce two identical copies for redundancy or backup. In biology, while the precise term is not standard in scientific literature, gene or genome duplication is a related idea described with more specialized terminology.

Variants and related terms include kétszerezés and megkétszerezés, which are more common in formal technical writing to denote doubling. Megkettőzése is the most typical widely accepted form for the act of making twofold, while megkettzése appears mainly as a spelling variant. See also: kétszerezés, megkétszerezés, duplikáció.