ˌrepləˈkāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English replicacioun, from Middle French replication, from Late Latin replication-, replicatio, from Latin, action of folding back, from replicatus (past participle of replicare to fold back) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : answer , reply
what replication should be made by the son of a king — Shakespeare
b.
(1) : an answer to a reply : rejoinder
by way of replication to your answer — O.W.Holmes †1935
(2) : a plaintiff's or complainant's reply in matters of fact to a defendant's plea, answer, or counterclaim
(3) Roman law : a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's exceptio
2. : echo , reverberation
trembled underneath her banks to hear the replication of your sounds made in her concave shores — Shakespeare
3.
a. : copy , reproduction
a home conceived as a replication of a medieval castle
b. : the act or action of reproducing
half-plate and addressing machine methods of replication — Library Science Abstracts
4. : repetition of an experiment or procedure at the same time and place ; especially : a systematic or random repetition of agricultural test rows or plats to reduce error (as due to variation in soil)