replication

See also: réplication

English

Etymology

From Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

replication (countable and uncountable, plural replications)

1. The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
   • 2014, Wikipedia, DNA replication

     DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.

2. Copy; reproduction.

   That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.

3. (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
4. (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
5. (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.

Synonyms

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• repetition
• duplication
• imitation
• copying
• reproduction
• copy
• repeat
• carbon copy
• duplicate
• replica

Derived terms

• replication crisis

Translations

process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied

• Bulgarian: копиране (bg) n (kopirane)
• German: Nachbildung (de) f, Nachbau (de) m, Vervielfältigung (de) f, Kopieren n, Replizierung f, Replikation (de) f
• Korean: 복제 (ko) n (bokje)
• Maori: tāruaruatanga
• Occitan: còpia (oc) f, reproduccion (oc) f
• Romanian: copiere (ro) f, copieri f pl, duplicare f, reproducere (ro) f, replicare (ro), replicație f
• Russian: копи́рование (ru) n (kopírovanije)

copy, reproduction

• Bulgarian: копие (bg) n (kopie), имитация (bg) f (imitacija)
• French: duplicata (fr) m
• German: Nachbildung (de) f, Nachbau (de) m, Vervielfältigung (de) f, Kopie (de) f, Replikation (de) f, Replikat n

a response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea

• Bulgarian: отговор (bg) m (otgovor)
• French: réponse (fr) f
• German: Erwiderung (de) f, Gegenrede (de) f, Replik (de) f
• Romanian: replicare (ro) f

process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA

• French: réplication (fr)
• Hungarian: replikáció
• Italian: replicazione (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: duhendebûn f

• Maori: tāruaruatanga
• Portuguese: replicação (pt)
• Spanish: replicación (es)
• Turkish: replikasyon (tr)

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• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 複製／复制 (zh) (fùzhì)