replication
noun
rep·li·ca·tion
ˌre-plə-ˈkā-shən 
1
2
3
a
: copy, reproduction
b
: the action or process of reproducing or duplicating
replication of DNA
viral replication
4
: performance of an experiment or procedure more than once
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bought a smaller and cheaper replication of the marble statue for his garden
we'll need to do a replication of that experiment so we can collect more data
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Stephanie Koenig, his longtime collaborator, writes on the show and plays Gwen Sanders, Evan’s fellow teacher and, in a replication of their real-life dynamic, his best friend.
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E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Currently, my research delves into the very beginning of gene replication in protocells.
—Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Other attractions include replications of Golgotha and the Garden Tomb, a baptismal pool, and 29 marble markers with engraved biblical teachings.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
While the model is not a perfect replication of the Parasaurolophus, the pipes—nicknamed the ‘Linophone’ after Lin—will be a verification of the mathematical framework for what the dinosaur may have sounded like.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Currently, my research delves into the very beginning of gene replication in protocells.
—Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Other attractions include replications of Golgotha and the Garden Tomb, a baptismal pool, and 29 marble markers with engraved biblical teachings.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
While the model is not a perfect replication of the Parasaurolophus, the pipes—nicknamed the ‘Linophone’ after Lin—will be a verification of the mathematical framework for what the dinosaur may have sounded like.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Replication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/replication. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
replication
noun
rep·li·ca·tion
ˌrep-lə-ˈkā-shən
1
: very exact copying or duplication
2
: an act or process of copying or duplication
Medical Definition
replication
noun
rep·li·ca·tion
ˌrep-lə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the action or process of reproducing or duplicating
replication of DNA
2
: performance of an experiment or procedure more than once
Legal Definition
replication
noun
rep·li·ca·tion
ˌre-plə-ˈkā-shən
: reply
Etymology
Anglo-French, from Middle French, from Late Latin replicatio, from Latin, action of folding back, from replicare to fold back
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