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Replication   /rˌɛpləkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Replication  n.  
1.
An answer; a reply. "Withouten any repplicacioun."
2.
(Law Pleadings) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.
3.
Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo. "To hear the replication of your sounds."
4.
A repetition; a copy.
5.
(Biochem.) The copying, by enzymes, of a cell's genome, i.e. the DNA or RNA comprising its genetic material, so as to form an identical genome. This is an essential step in the division of one cell into two. This differs from transcription, which is the copying of only part of the genetic information of a cell's genome into RNA, as in the processes of biosynthesis of messenger RNA or ribosomal RNA.
Synonyms: Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Replication" Quotes from Famous Books



... can keepe your counsell, and not mine owne. Besides, to be demanded of a Spundge, what replication should be made by the Sonne ...
— The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 • George MacDonald

... an anxious word with you. From out the chamber, where my wife but now Held talk with her encroaching friend, I heard (Not of set purpose heark'ning, but by chance) A voice of chiding, answer'd by a tone Of replication, such as the meek dove Makes, when the kite has clutch'd her. The high Widow Was loud and stormy. I distinctly heard One threat pronounced—"Your husband shall know all." I am no listener, sister; and I hold A secret, got by such unmanly shift, The pitiful'st ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV - Poems and Plays • Charles and Mary Lamb



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