English Explanatory Dictionary

replication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
  2. Copy; reproduction.
  3. A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
  4. The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
  5. 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.

Pronunciation

/ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-replication.wav

Word forms

replication replications

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.

Synonyms

repetition duplication imitation copying reproduction copy repeat carbon copy duplicate replica

Related words

replicability replicable replicatability replicatable

Derived words

bioreplication dereplication endoreplication georeplication microreplication misreplication nonreplication overreplication postreplication prereplication pseudoreplication replicational replication crisis replication fork replisome rereplication subreplication superreplication transreplication underreplication
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