replication

Meaning

Noun

• The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
• Copy; reproduction.
• A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
• The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• repetition
• duplication
• imitation
• copying
• reproduction
• copy
• repeat
• carbon copy
• duplicate
• replica

Origin

• From Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion ("reply, answer"), from Latin replicātiō.