English Online Dictionary. What means replication? What does replication mean?
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, from replicate + -(at)ion. Diachronically, from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
replication (countable and uncountable, plural replications)
- The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- Copy; reproduction.
- (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
- (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.
Synonyms
- repetition
- duplication
- imitation
- copying
- reproduction
- copy
- repeat
- carbon copy
- duplicate
- replica