replication

[ rep-li-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌrɛp lɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

a reply; answer.

a reply to an answer.

Law. the reply of the plaintiff or complainant to the defendant's plea or answer.

reverberation; echo.

a copy.

the act or process of replicating, especially for experimental purposes.

Genetics. the process by which double-stranded DNA makes copies of itself, each strand, as it separates, synthesizing a complementary strand.

Origin of replication

1325–75; Middle English replicacioun < Middle French replication < Latin replicātiōn- (stem of replicātiō) a rolling back, equivalent to replicāt(us) (see replicate) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM replication

non·rep·li·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby replication

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If you burn the invitation, do you prevent transmission or replication?

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In the 1970s, we looked at another special health care institution that seemed ripe for replication: Kaiser Permanente.

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Living systems are defined by biological processes like replication and self-organization.

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This defines a functional perspective first of all, and allows us to deal with replication of these patterns.

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The Error message announcing corruption of data corresponds to a replication process that went astray.

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To the Temple about my replication, and so to my brother Tom's, and there hear that my father will be in town this week.

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Commissioner Ould, in his letter of August 1, 1863, effectually silenced this replication.

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Thus, I was a second time out of court; a second time nonsuited for want of a replication, when there was no time to file one.

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British Dictionary definitions for replication

replication

/ (ˌrɛplɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

a reply or response

law (formerly) the plaintiff's reply to a defendant's answer or plea

biology the production of exact copies of complex molecules, such as DNA molecules, that occurs during growth of living organisms

repetition of a procedure, such as a scientific experiment, in order to reduce errors

a less common word for replica

Word Origin for replication

C14: via Old French from Latin replicātiō a folding back, from replicāre to unroll; see reply

Medical definitions for replication

replication

[ rĕp′lĭ-kā′shən ]

n.

The act or process of duplicating or reproducing something.

Autoreproduction.

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