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rep⋅li⋅ca⋅tion

  [rep-li-key-shuhn]
–noun
1. a reply; answer.
2. a reply to an answer.
3. Law. the reply of the plaintiff or complainant to the defendant's plea or answer.
4. reverberation; echo.
5. a copy.
6. the act or process of replicating, esp. for experimental purposes.
7. Genetics. the process by which double-stranded DNA makes copies of itself, each strand, as it separates, synthesizing a complementary strand.
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Origin:
1325–75; ME replicacioun < MF replication < L replicātiōn- (s. of replicātiō) a rolling back, equiv. to replicāt(us) (see replicate ) + -iōn- -ion
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rep·li·ca·tion   (rěp'lĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. A fold or a folding back.

  2. A reply to an answer; a rejoinder.

  3. Law The plaintiff's response to the defendant's answer or plea.

  4. An echo or reverberation.

  5. A copy or reproduction.

  6. The act or process of duplicating or reproducing something.

  7. Biology The process by which genetic material, a single-celled organism, or a virus reproduces or makes a copy of itself: replication of DNA.

  8. In scientific research, the repetition of an experiment to confirm findings or to ensure accuracy.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

replication 
c.1374, "action of folding back," also "legal reply, rejoinder" (c.1386), from Anglo-Fr. replicacioun, O.Fr. replication, from L. replicationem (nom. replicatio) "a reply, repetition, a folding back," from replicatus, pp. of replicare "to repeat, reply," lit. "to fold back" (see reply). Meaning "copy, reproduction" first recorded 1692. Replicate "to make a replica of" is from 1882; specifically of genetic material from 1957.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: rep·li·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "re-pl&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, from Middle French, from Late Latin replicatio, from Latin, action of folding back, from replicare to fold back
: REPLY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rep·li·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "rep-l&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the action or process of reproducing orduplicating <replication of DNA>
2 : performance of an experiment or procedure more than once
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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replication rep·li·ca·tion (rěp'lĭ-kā'shən)
n.

  1. The act or process of duplicating or reproducing something.

  2. Autoreproduction.

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Computing Dictionary

replication database, networking
Creating and maintaining a duplicate copy of a database or file system on a different computer, typically a server. The term usually implies the intelligent copying of parts of the source database which have changed since the last replication with the destination.
Replication may be one-way or two-way. Two-way replication is much more complicated because of the possibility that a replicated object may have been updated differently in the two locations in which case some method is needed to reconcile the different versions.
For example, Lotus Notes can automatically distribute document databases across telecommunications networks. Notes supports a wide range of network protocols including X25 and Internet TCP/IP.
Compare mirror. See also rdist.
(1997-12-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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