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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



... have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome: And when you saw his chariot but appear, 45 Have you not made an universal shout, That Tiber trembled underneath her banks To hear the replication of your sounds Made in her concave shores? And do you now put on your best attire? 50 And do you now cull out a holiday? And do you now strew flowers in his way That comes in triumph over Pompey's blood? Be gone! Run to your houses, fall upon your knees, 55 Pray ...
— The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar • William Shakespeare



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