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Definition of replication
1a : answer, replyb (1) : an answer to a reply : rejoinder (2) : a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea, answer, or counterclaim
2 : echo, reverberation
3a : copy, reproductionb : the action or process of reproducing or duplicating replication of DNA viral replication
4 : performance of an experiment or procedure more than once
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Examples of replication in a Sentence
bought a smaller and cheaper replication of the marble statue for his garden
we'll need to do a replication of that experiment so we can collect more data
Recent Examples of replication from the Web
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In January, critics’ fears were realized when the first five replications came out.
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These mutations happen as the father gets older and his sperm continues to reproduce, creating more opportunities for error in DNA replication.
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Fortunately, after many years of debate, the simulator’s replication of the characteristics during a high-altitude stall is improving.
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But its success, both in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and in improving local incomes, quickly led to replication, says Jamison Ervin, manager of the United Nations Development Programme’s Nature for Development program.
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There is a replication of issues that apparently have not been adequately or fully dealt with in the last 12 years.
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After all, as scientists and their fans know better than anyone, success often lies in replication.
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Rather than model a pose and demand exact replication, instructors tell students to perform whatever version of a stretch feels comfortable, occasionally helping out with an adjustment.
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The sensational entrance into mass consciousness of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, 27 years ago, was an event that defies replication.
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First Known Use of replication
14th century
Medical Dictionary
replication
playMedical Definition of replication
1: the action or process of reproducing or duplicating replication of DNA
2: performance of an experiment or procedure more than once
Law Dictionary
Origin and Etymology of replication
Anglo-French, from Middle French, from Late Latin replicatio, from Latin, action of folding back, from replicare to fold back
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