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documentation (n.)
1754, "admonition, instruction, teaching," a sense now obsolete, noun of action from document (v.) or else from Medieval Latin documentationem (nominative documentio) "a reminding," from Latin documentum "example, proof, lesson," in Medieval Latin "official written instrument, authoritative paper" (see document (n.)). Meaning "preparation or use of documentary evidence" is by 1888. Scientific meaning "a collection and classification of informational papers" is from 1927.
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Definitions of documentation
Dictionary entries near documentation
doctrinal
doctrine
docudrama
document
documentary
documentation
dodder
doddypoll
dodeca-
dodecahedron
Dodecanese