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Antonyms for re plication


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rep-li-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛp lɪˈkeɪ ʃən



Definition of re plication

Origin :
  • late 14c., "action of folding back," also "legal reply (third step in the pleadings in a common-law action), rejoinder," from Anglo-French replicacioun, Old French replicacion "reply, answer," from Latin replicationem (nominative replicatio) "a reply, repetition, a folding back," from past participle stem of replicare "to repeat, reply," literally "to fold back" (see reply (v.)). Meaning "a copy, reproduction" first recorded 1690s. Sense in genetics is from 1948.
  • As in repetition : noun duplication; doing again
  • As in replica : noun duplicate
  • As in reproduction : noun something duplicated; duplication
  • As in reduplication : noun copy
  • As in replication : noun copy
  • As in simulacre : noun copy
  • As in simulacrum : noun copy
  • As in spawning : noun reproduction
  • As in copy : noun duplicate, imitation
  • As in duplicate : noun copy, reproduction
  • As in facsimile : noun reproduction

Synonyms for re plication

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