| 释义 |
rep·li·ca·tion
\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) |