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    Replication \Rep`li*ca"tion\ (-k?"sh?n), n. [L. replicatio. See
    Reply.]
    1. An answer; a reply. --Shak.
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    Withouten any repplicacioun. --Chaucer.
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    2. (Law Pleadings) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of
    fact, to the defendant's plea.
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    3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.
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    To hear the replication of your sounds. --Shak.
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    4. A repetition; a copy.
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    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.
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    Syn: Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.
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    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    replication
    n 1: the act of making copies; "Gutenberg's reproduction of holy
    texts was far more efficient" [syn: reproduction]
    2: (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself
    before cell division
    3: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
    critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
    teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte,
    comeback, counter]
    4: (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the
    defendant's plea or answer
    5: the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped
    [syn: echo, reverberation, sound reflection]
    6: copy that is not the original; something that has been
    copied [syn: replica, reproduction]
    7: the repetition of an experiment in order to test the
    validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe
    an experimental result until they have seen at least one
    replication"

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    111 Moby Thesaurus words for "replication":
    Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
    Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory,
    Weismannism, Wiesner theory, acknowledgment, allele, allelomorph,
    answer, answering, antiphon, back answer, back talk, backchat,
    birth, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, clone,
    comeback, conduplication, confutation, contraremonstrance, copying,
    counteraccusation, counterblast, countercharge, counterclaim,
    counterpart, counterreply, counterstatement, defense, determinant,
    determiner, diathesis, ditto, double, doubling, dupe, duplicate,
    duplication, echo, endowment, eugenics, evasive reply, facsimile,
    factor, gemination, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics,
    hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, imitation,
    inborn capacity, ingemination, inheritability, inheritance,
    iteration, matrocliny, model, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics,
    quadruplicate, reaction, ready reply, rebuttal, rebutter, receipt,
    recessive character, reduplication, refutation, reiteration,
    rejoinder, repartee, repetition, replica, reply, repost,
    representation, reproduction, rescript, rescription, respondence,
    response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, reverberation,
    riposte, short answer, snappy comeback, surrebuttal, surrebutter,
    surrejoinder, triplicate, twinning, witty reply, witty retort,
    yes-and-no answer

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


    replication

    Creating and maintaining a duplicate
    copy of a database or file system on a different computer,
    typically a server. The term usually implies the
    intelligent copying of parts of the source database which have
    changed since the last replication with the destination.

    Replication may be one-way or two-way. Two-way replication is
    much more complicated because of the possibility that a
    replicated object may have been updated differently in the two
    locations in which case some method is needed to reconcile the
    different versions.

    For example, Lotus Notes can automatically distribute
    document databases across telecommunications networks. Notes
    supports a wide range of network protocols including X25
    and Internet TCP/IP.

    Compare mirror. See also rdist.

    (1997-12-12)

    The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)


    REPLICATION, pleading. The plaintiff's answer to the defendant's plea.
    2. Replications will be considered, 1. With regard to their several
    kinds. 2. To their form. 3. To their qualities.
    3.-Sec. 1. They are to pleas in abatement and to pleas in bar.
    4.-1. When the defendant pleads to the jurisdiction of the court, the
    plaintiff may reply, and in this case the replication commences with a
    statement that the writ ought not to be quashed, or that the court ought not
    to be ousted of their jurisdiction, because &c., and concludes to the
    country, if the replication merely deny the subject-matter of the plea.
    Rast. Entr. 101 Thomps. Entr. 2; Clift's Entr. 17; 1 Chit. Pl. 434. As a
    general rule, when the plea is to the misnomer of the plaintiff or
    defendant, or when the plea consists of matter of fact which the plaintiff
    denies, the replication may begin without any allegation that the writ or
    bill ought not to be quashed. 1 Bos. & Pull. 61.
    5.-2. The replication is, in general, governed by the plea, and most
    frequently denies it. When the plea concludes to the country, the plaintiff
    must, in general, reply by adding a similiter; but when the plea concludes
    with a verification, the replication must either, 1. Conclude the defendant
    by matter of estoppel; or, 2. May deny the truth of the matter alleged in
    the plea, either in whole or in part; or, 3. May confess and avoid the plea;
    or, 4. In the case of an evasive plea, may new assign the cause of action.
    For the several kinds of replication as they relate to the different forms
    of action, see 1 Chit. Pl. 551, et seq.; Arch. Civ. Pl. 258.
    6.-Sec. 2. The form of the replication will be considered with regard
    to, 1. The title. 2. The commencement. 3. The body. 4. The conclusion.
    7.-1. The replication is usually entitled in the court and of the term
    of which it is pleaded, and the names of the plaintiff and defendant are
    stated in the margin, thus "A B against C D." 2 Chit. Pl. 641.
    8.-2. The commencement is that part of the replication which
    immediately follows the statement of the title of the court and term, and
    the names of the parties. It varies in form when it replies to matter of
    estoppel from what it does when it denies, or confesses and avoids the plea;
    in the latter case it commences with an allegation technically termed the
    preclude non. (q.v.) It generally commences with the words, "And the said
    plaintiff saith that the said defendant," &c. 1 Chit. Pl. 573.
    9.-3. The body of the replication ought to contain either. 1. Matter of
    estoppel. 2. Denial of the plea. 3. A confession and avoidance of it; or, 4.
    In case of an evasive plea, a new assignment. 1st. When the matter of
    estoppel does not appear from the anterior pleading, the replication should
    set it forth; as, if the matter has been tried upon a particular issue in
    trespass, and found by the jury, such finding may be replied as an estoppel.
    3 East, R. 346; vide 4 Mass. R. 443. 2d. The second kind of replication is
    that which denies or traverses the truth of the plea, either in part or in
    whole. Vide Traverse, and 1 Chit. Pl. 576, note a. 3d. The third kind of
    replication admits, either in words or in effect, the fact alleged in the
    plea, and avoids the effect of it by stating new matter. If, for example,
    infancy be pleaded, the plaintiff may reply that the goods were necessaries,
    or that the defendant, after he came of full age, ratified and confirmed the
    promise. Vide Confession and Avoidance. 4th. When the plea is such as merely
    to evade the allegation in the declaration, the plaintiff in his replication
    may reassign it. Vide New Assignment, and 1 Chit. Pl. 601.
    10.-4. With regard to the conclusion, it is a general rule, that when
    the replication denies the whole of the defendant's plea, containing matter
    of fact, it should conclude to the country. There are other conclusions in
    particular cases, which the reader will find fully stated in 1 Chit. Pl.
    615, et seq.; Com. Dig. Pleader, F 5 vide 1 Saund. 103, n.; 2 Caines' R. 60
    2 John. R. 428; 1 John. R. 516; Arch. Civ. Pl. 258; 19 Vin. Ab 29; Bac. Ab.
    Trespass, I 4; Doct. Pl. 428; Beames' Pl. in Eq. 247, 325, 326.
    11.-Sec. 3. The qualities of a replication are, 1. That it must answer
    so much of the defendant's plea as it professes to answer, and that if it be
    bad in part, it is bad for the whole. Com. Dig. Pleader, F 4, W 2; 1 Saund.
    338; 7 Cranch's Rep. 156. 2. It must not depart from the allegations in the
    declaration in any material matter. Vide Departure, and 2 Saund. 84 a, note
    1; Co. Lit. 304 a. See also 3 John. Rep. 367; 10 John. R. 259; 14 John., R.
    132; 2 Caines' R. 320. 3. It must be certain. Vide Certainty. 4. It must be
    single. Vide U. S. Dig. Pleading, XI.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Duplicity;
    Pleadings.

    Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)




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