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BNC: 13097 COCA: 12899

— replication

/ˌrɛpləˈkeɪʃən/ noun, plural replications [count, noncount]
BNC: 13097 COCA: 12899

replication

noun

rep·​li·​ca·​tion ˌre-plə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce replication (audio)
1
a
b(1)
: an answer to a reply : rejoinder
(2)
: a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea, answer, or counterclaim
2
3
b
: the action or process of reproducing or duplicating
replication of DNA
viral replication
4
: performance of an experiment or procedure more than once

Example Sentences

bought a smaller and cheaper replication of the marble statue for his garden we'll need to do a replication of that experiment so we can collect more data
Recent Examples on the Web Disney Imagineering's official first look at the new area (below) highlights park personnel crafting various facades adapted from locales seen in the 2016 movie, including a replication of the titular character's face on a rocky cliff. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2022 His proposal muddles the message that would galvanize younger voters and, with no real accountability, lead to a replication of abused Black and brown communities. Maya Wiley, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2022 These particular tools create avatars that can be customized to be more representative of your image but are still too cartoonish and do not deliver a truly realistic identical replication of your persona. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 In 2019 Kaminski and his colleagues published a replication of the 2017 study but added titanium dioxide to rats’ food instead of water. Sam Jones, Scientific American, 29 July 2022 The top of Kardashian's dress still has a black outline around the nude pieces, a perfect replication of Madonna's leather harness and an iconic tribute to Gaultier's earlier work. Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 In response to a column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Stone Mountain Park, on Oct. 12, considered adding a Martin Luther King Jr. component to its Confederate memorial — a replication of the liberty bill. Zachary Hansen, ajc, 8 Apr. 2021 This brings us to the role of telomere caps which provide a margin of error in the DNA replication process, and the longer the telomeres the better. Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2022 That said, even a 4% self-replication response holds out the daunting possibility of a Lady Gaga clone, another entire cast of the View and even more innumerable Kardashians. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 16 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English replicacioun "answer, rejoinder, argument, repetition," borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French replicacion "answer to an argument or statement of an opponent," borrowed from Late Latin replicātiōn-, replicātiō "act of bending or folding, repetition, reply, replication in court," going back to Latin, "contrary rotation, replication," from replicāre "to turn back on itself, bend back, go over (a thought, topic) repeatedly, make a replication" (Late Latin also "to restore, repeat, reply") + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at replicate entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of replication was in the 14th century
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