Hypertext Webster Gateway: "replacement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Replacement \Re*place"ment\ (-ment), n.
1. The act of replacing.
2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or
more planes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
replacement
n 1: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor
blood" [syn: {substitution}, {permutation}, {transposition},
{switch}]
2: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the
place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
[syn: {replacing}]
3: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: {surrogate},
{alternate}]
4: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of
another [syn: {substitute}]
5: filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn: {refilling},
{replenishment}, {renewal}]
6: a person who follows next in order; "he was President
Lincoln's successor" [syn: {successor}]
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