replication
The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
Other meanings
Copy; reproduction.
“That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.”
A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
Synonyms
- repetition
- imitation
- copying
- reproduction
- copy
- repeat
- carbon copy
- replica
Related words
- replication fork
- replication crisis
- bioreplication
- dereplication
- endoreplication
- georeplication
- microreplication
- misreplication
- nonreplication
- overreplication
- postreplication
- prereplication
Word history
From Latin "replicātiō" (replicātiō, replicātiōnem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “replication” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.