replication
noun/ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem. By surface analysis, replicate + -(at)ion.
The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.2014, Wikipedia, DNA replication:
Copy; reproduction.
- That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.
Law A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
Biology, Natural sciences The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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
- repetition, duplication, imitation, copying, reproduction, copy, repeat, carbon copy, duplicate, replica
- Derived terms
- bioreplication, dereplication, endoreplication, georeplication, microreplication, misreplication, nonreplication, overreplication, postreplication, prereplication, pseudoreplication, replicational, replication crisis, replication fork, replisome, rereplication, subreplication, superreplication, transreplication, underreplication
- Related terms
- replicability, replicable, replicatability, replicatable