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Added 4 October 2026

replication

/ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun

Latin root: replicātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about replication at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
Copy; reproduction.
That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.
A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem. By surface analysis, replicate + -(at)ion.

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