replication
Pronunciation: /ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/
The English word “replication” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- Copy; reproduction.
- A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
- The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- 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.
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.
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More English words
- replicatability
- replicatable
- replicate
- replicated worker
- replication crisis
- replication fork
- replicational
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