replacement
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mənt noun
1.
the act of replacing.
2.
a person or thing that replaces another: summer replacements for vacationing staff; a replacement for a broken dish.
3.
Military. a sailor, soldier, or airman assigned to fill a vacancy in a military unit.
4.
Also called metasomatism. Geology. the process of practically simultaneous removal and deposition by which a new mineral grows in the body of an old one.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of replacing |
| 2. | a person or thing that replaces another |
| 3. | geology the growth of a mineral within another of different chemical composition by gradual simultaneous deposition and removal |
| 4. | Also called: petrification a process of fossilization by gradual substitution of mineral matter for the original organic matter |
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Example sentences
Hip joint replacement is surgery to replace all or part of the hip joint with an artificial joint.
In other words, ignorance is not an adequate replacement for prejudice.
For the better-off the replacement ratio was lower, but they can cope.
On the space station, everything is geared toward easy replacement.
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