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replication
  1. Process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
  2. Copy; reproduction.
  3. (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
  4. (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
  5. (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.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The second half of the session was a replication of the first half.”
      “The study was a replication of the previous one.”
      “Where defendant relies upon an equitable ground of defence, it is open to plaintiff, in his replication, to show a better equity.”
replicator
  1. Something capable of self-replication, like a gene or meme.
  2. A (fictional) technological device that replicates physical objects.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The shaky claim that DNA is a replicator ignores the endless subtle variation by means of which nature passes life on from one generation to the next.”
      “Phylogenetic adaptation represents the production of superior replicator genes, whose phenotypes manifest in any or all of a variety of abilities.”
      “Dawkins's meme refers to any cultural entity that an observer might consider a replicator of a certain idea or set of ideas.”
replicant
replica
  1. An exact copy.
  2. A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “This brand new property is now an exact replica of the original building, with just the addition of a small entrance porch.”
      “The child was a replica of her mother.”
      “The story is an exact replica of the first film, with new actors in what are basically the same roles.”
replicability
  1. The ability or possibility of being replicated or reproduced.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The premise of this test of replicability, of course, is that each of the labs should have generated the same pattern of results.”
      “Nevertheless, the project raises some issues: The replicability of such a model case appears so far more limited than expected.”
      “The test of replicability, as it's known, is the foundation of modern research.”
replicate
  1. an outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica
replicabilities
replications
  1. plural of replication
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The bootstrap sampling was limited to 100 replications because of the computationally intensive nature of the simulation.”
      “The statistical significance of the values was estimated by permutation analysis using 1,000 replications.”
      “Treatment durations and number of replications were the same as in the leaf shading experiment.”
replicators
  1. plural of replicator
replicants
replicas
  1. plural of replica
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But above decks, they are superb replicas of the sleek, four-masted barquentines which dominated sea travel at the end of the 19th Century.”
      “For the installation, Sui mounted glamorously framed replicas of 17th-century still-life paintings on three red walls.”
      “When she gives birth, the young emerge as fully-developed, miniature replicas of the adults.”
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