n.
Pronunciation: ' re-pli-k ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, repetition, from replicare to repeat, from Late Latin, from Latin, to fold back ― more at REPLY
Date: 1824
1 : an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist <a replica of this was painted ⋯ this year ― Constance Strachey>
2 : a copy exact in all details <DNA makes a replica of itself> <sailed a replica of the Viking ship> broadly : COPY <this faithful, pathetic replica of a Midwestern suburb ― G. F. Kennan>
synonyms see REPRODUCTION