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   replication

   /ˌrɛplɪˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of copying or reproducing something: "the extraordinary speed and replication of information created by computerization"
   • ▪ a copy: "a twentieth-century building would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before"
   • ▪ the repetition of a scientific experiment or trial to obtain a consistent result: "on its own, replication does not validate a theory derived from experimental results"
   • ▪ the process by which genetic material or a living organism gives rise to a copy of itself: "DNA replication"
   • 2. a plaintiff's reply to the defendant's plea: dated "in the replication the plaintiff went on to state many additional facts"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French replicacion, from Latin replicatio(n-), from replicare ‘fold back, repeat’, later ‘make a reply’ (see replicate).

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