See Also: DNA replication(medicine)
DNA replication(health)
replication(dictionary)
replication, DNA(medicine)
Replication(medicine)
origin of replication(medicine)
virus replication(medicine)
unidirectional replication(medicine)
semiconservative replication(medicine)
saltatory replication(medicine)

replication (iou)



replication noun. LME.
[Old French replicacion from Latin replicatio(n-), formed as REPLICATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action of folding something up or back; a fold resulting from this. rare. LME.
(A) reply, (an) answer, esp. a reply to an answer. LME.
b. Law. A plaintiff's reply to the plea of the defendant. LME.
a. Repetition. LME-L17.
b. Science. Repetition of an experiment or trial to obtain a consistent result. E20.
Return of a sound; (a) reverberation, (an) echo. Chiefly poet. E17.
a. A copy, a reproduction; the action of reproducing something. L17.
b. Biology. The process by which genetic material or a living organism produces a copy of itself. M20.
saltatory replication: see SALTATORY adjective.