An answer; a reply. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Withouten any repplicacioun." [1913 Webster]
The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea. [1913 Webster]
Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo. [1913 Webster]
"To hear the replication of your sounds." [1913 Webster]
A repetition; a copy. [1913 Webster]
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. [PJC]

Syn. -- Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

replication, n.
1 a reply or response, esp. a reply to an answer.
2 Law the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's plea.
3 a the act or an instance of copying. b a copy. c the process by which genetic material or a living organism gives rise to a copy of itself.

Etymology

ME f. OF replicacion f. L replicatio -onis (as REPLICATE)

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THESAURUS

replication

Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, acknowledgment, allele, allelomorph, answer, answering, antiphon, back answer, back talk, backchat, birth, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, clone, comeback, conduplication, confutation, contraremonstrance, copying, counteraccusation, counterblast, countercharge, counterclaim, counterpart, counterreply, counterstatement, defense, determinant, determiner, diathesis, ditto, double, doubling, dupe, duplicate, duplication, echo, endowment, eugenics, evasive reply, facsimile, factor, gemination, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, imitation, inborn capacity, ingemination, inheritability, inheritance, iteration, matrocliny, model, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, quadruplicate, reaction, ready reply, rebuttal, rebutter, receipt, recessive character, reduplication, refutation, reiteration, rejoinder, repartee, repetition, replica, reply, repost, representation, reproduction, rescript, rescription, respondence, response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, reverberation, riposte, short answer, snappy comeback, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder, triplicate, twinning, witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer

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replication

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.

Answer

N answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, retort, repartee, rescript, rescription, antiphon, antiphony, acknowledgment, password, echo, counter statement, discovery, solution, rationale, clue, Oedipus, oracle, return, answering, responsive, respondent, conclusive, because, on the scent, on the right scent, Int, eureka!.

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