replication
See also: réplication
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, from replicate + -(at)ion. Diachronically, 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) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
replication (countable and uncountable, plural replications)
- 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.
- 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) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- (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.
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Translations
process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied
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copy, reproduction
a response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea
process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA
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process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another
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