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replica

[rep-li-kuh]

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noun

a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.

any close or exact copy or reproduction.

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Origin:
1815–25; < Italian: reply, repetition, derivative of replicare to repeat < Late Latin replicāre to reply

Synonyms
2. duplicate, facsimile; imitation.

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However, the marketing of a replica is dependent on the market and the demand for a special edition.

Sometimes it works, as when the radio industry enlisted the government's help to launch television as a replica of radio.

Every supercentre store is a replica of every other one.

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However, the marketing of a replica is dependent on the market and the demand for a special edition.

Sometimes it works, as when the radio industry enlisted the government's help to launch television as a replica of radio.

Every supercentre store is a replica of every other one.

Thick leather straps pierce a replica of an ancient ice skate.

Here, avatars watch the webcast while seated in a virtual amphitheater, which was a replica of the actual site.

Triceratops' original skull and a few other carefully preserved bones are also on display alongside the replica.

The material hardens to form a precise replica of the digital image.

Reebok is the exclusive provider of official jerseys for the two leagues, and the company also makes replica jerseys.

Yet clubs' three main revenues streams-match tickets, television rights and replica kits-could also be enhanced.

So theoretically, an exact replica of a particle can never be made.

Two double helices now existed in place of one, each a replica of the original.

The replica furniture re-creates how it looked when the king's kept woman lived here.

Which is why the oldest son had so much fun working on a project this weekend making a big replica of an otherwise small object.

In the end it really doesn't matter whether a wand is a replica or the actual one used in the films.

Create a replica of a comet with earthly elements.

Can anyone tell me if anyone made a replica of myself.

Congratulations: you now have a perfect replica of a tabletop arcade cabinet.

The couple not long before the pink doors swung open in their replica synagogue.

Instead, there is a replica of an existing individual-and that's disturbing at a gut level.

Okay, maybe the lifelike replica won't sign your autograph book or send you a card on your birthdayor breathe.

Like the original, the replica chime-bells hang from a three-level frame made of lacquered wood and copper.

Monuments to him are frequently vandalized, and native people protest visits by a replica of his first ship.

Under the new regulations, these replica guns will face the same restrictions as conventional firearms.

None of the original earth lodges remain, but one beautiful replica helps tune the senses to that distant time.

More specifically, a bug's ear, or rather a replica of one.

It's a life-size replica of a human female pelvic skeleton mounted on a platform.

Many argue that knocking it down to build a costly castle replica would be an unseemly way of dismissing the recent past.

The poodle designs turn the wearer into a replica of the canine model.

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replica (ˈrɛplɪkə)

—n
	an exact copy or reproduction, esp on a smaller scale

[C19: from Italian, literally: a reply, from replicare to repeat, from Latin: to bend back, repeat]

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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.

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