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rep⋅li⋅ca

[rep-li-kuh]
–noun
1. a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
2. any close or exact copy or reproduction.

Origin:
1815–25; < It: reply, repetition, deriv. of replicare to repeat < LL replicāre to reply


2. duplicate, facsimile; imitation.
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rep·li·ca   (rěp'lĭ-kə)   
n.  
  1. A copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist.

  2. A copy or reproduction, especially one on a scale smaller than the original.


[Italian, from replicare, to repeat, from Late Latin replicāre; see replicate.]
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Word Origin & History

replica 
1824, from It. replica "copy, repetition, reply," from L. replicare "to repeat" (see reply). Properly, a copy of a work of art made by the original artist. Replicate, in this sense, is from 1882; genetic sense is first recorded 1957.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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