replication
pronunciation
How to pronounce replication in British English:
UK [ˌreplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
How to pronounce replication in American English:
US [ˌreplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
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- Noun:
- the act of making copies
- (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
- the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
Word Origin
- replication (n.)
- late 14c., "action of folding back," also "legal reply (third step in the pleadings in a common-law action), rejoinder," from Anglo-French replicacioun, Old French replicacion "reply, answer," from Latin replicationem (nominative replicatio) "a reply, repetition, a folding back," from past participle stem of replicare "to repeat, reply," literally "to fold back" (see reply (v.)). Meaning "a copy, reproduction" first recorded 1690s. Sense in genetics is from 1948.
Example
- 1. Progress is about replication rather than adventure .
- 2. There are apt parallels in chinese history for this recent round of replication .
- 3. But local entrepreneurs realise that simple replication is hardly enough to guarantee success .
- 4. Mutations can be caused by chemical or radiation damage or errors in dna replication .
- 5. Replication is possible because hedge-fund managers are not as distinctive as they claim .