Hypertext Webster Gateway: "replication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Replication \Rep`li*ca"tion\ (-k?"sh?n), n. [L. replicatio. See
{Reply}.]
1. An answer; a reply. --Shak.
Withouten any repplicacioun. --Chaucer.
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. --Shak.
4. A repetition; a copy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
replication
n 1: the act of reproducing [syn: {reproduction}]
2: (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself
before cell division
3: (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the
defendant's plea or answer
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