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replica - 4 dictionary results

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.
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.]

Replica

Rep"li*ca\ (r?p"l?-k?), n. [It. See Reply, v. & n.]

1. (Fine Arts) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

2. (Mus.) Repetition.
Language Translation for : replica
Spanish: réplica,
German: die Replik,
Japanese: 複製

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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