[rep.li.ca] n [It, repetition, fr. replicare to repeat, fr. LL, fr. L, to fold back--more at reply] (1824) 1: an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist "a ~ of this was painted ... this year --Constance Strachey"
2: a copy exact in all details "DNA makes a ~ of itself" "sailed a ~ of the Viking ship"; broadly: copy "this faithful, pathetic ~ of a Midwestern suburb --G. F. Kennan" syn see reproduction