replica
noun/ˈɹɛplɪkə/
Etymology Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to fold or bend back; to reply”). Doublet of reply and replicate.
1
An exact copy.
- The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.
- Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
2
A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.
- He collected replicas of old cars.
- Related terms
- replicant, replicate, replication, reply, digital twin, simulacrum, simulation