replication
Noun
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An answer; a reply.
The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.
Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.
A repetition; a copy.
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it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient
scientists will not believe an experimental result until they have seen at least one replication
Adaptation to use normal cellular machinery to enable transmission and productive infection has also aided the establishment of HIV-2 replication in humans.
Adapted from Krishnan NM, Rao BJ's paper "A comparative approach to elucidate chloroplast genome replication."