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1. replication
   (database, networking) Creating and maintaining a duplicate copy of a database or file system on a different computer, typically a server. The term usually implies the intelligent copying of parts of the source database which have changed since the last replication with the destination. Replication...
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2. Replication
   [microscopy] Replication, in metallography, is the use of thin plastic films to nondestructively duplicate the microstructure of a component. The film is then examined at high magnifications. Replication is a method of copying the topography of a surface by casting or impressing material ont...
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3. Replication
   [statistics] In engineering, science, and statistics, replication is the repetition of an experimental condition so that the variability associated with the phenomenon can be estimated. ASTM, in standard E1847, defines replication as "the repetition of the set of all the treatment combinatio...
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4. Replication
   [optical media] In optical disc manufacturing, replication is the process of producing discs via methods that do not involve "burning" blank CD, DVD or other discs; the latter is known as duplication. The replication of optical discs involves: ...
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5. Replication
   [computing] Replication is the process of sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as software or hardware components, to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or accessibility. It could be data replication if the same data is stored on multiple stora...
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6. Replication
   Is the approach that assumes derivative instruments can replicate the underlying security, basket of securities, currency, commodity or index. For example, see Synthetic Long and Synthetic Short. It is mostly true but important exceptions occur. For example, there can be differences in final returns...
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7. Replication
   The exact duplication of a DNA (or occasionally an RNA) nucleotide sequence.
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8. replication
   (Life processes and cells) Production of an identical copy.
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9. Replication
   Replication is an important aspect of the experimental method in particular. The replication of a piece of research allows for the confirmation, or otherwise of previous results. Some types of research i.e. the experiment are more amenable to replication than others e.g. observation. Replication of ...
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10. replication
    [n] - (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division 2. [n] - (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant`s plea or answer 3. [n] - the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
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11. Replication
    repetition of research by others
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12. Replication
    is closely linked with reliability, involving the repetition of a study to see if the same results are obtained on both occasions. (The term has a narrower meaning within the context of the elaboration paradigm.)
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13. Replication
    Replication: A turning back, repetition, duplication, reproduction.
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14. replication
    the copying of DNA to form identical daughter molecules. It occurs by separation of the two DNA strands in the double helix followed by each of the strands acting as a template specifying the base sequence of newly-synthesised complementary strands. The end result is the formation of two daughter do...
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15. Replication
    The act of copying data from one database to another, typically on a different server. Usually done to ensure that there is a copy of the data should the server fail.
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16. replication
    Copying, but usually the production of daughter strands of nucleic acid from the parental template.
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17. Replication
    Rep`li·ca'tion noun [ Latin replicatio . See Reply .] 1. An answer; a reply. Shak. « Withouten any repplicacioun .» Chaucer. 2. (Law Pleadings) The reply of the plaintiff, in ma...
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18. replication
    1. A turning back of a part so as to form a duplication. ... 2. <molecular biology> The process of duplicating or reproducing, as the replication of an exact copy of a polynucleotide strand of DNA or RNA. ... Origin: L. Replicatio = a fold backwards ... (14 May 1997) ...
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19. replication
    noun (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant`s plea or answer
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20. replication
    noun (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
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21. replication
    noun the act of making copies; `Gutenberg`s reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient`
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22. replication
    (rep″lĭ-ka´shәn) a turning back of a part so as to form a duplication. repetition of an experiment to ensure accuracy. the process of duplicating or reproducing, as the replication of an exact copy of a strand of DNA or RNA.
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23. Replication
    • (n.) A repetition; a copy. • (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant`s plea. • (n.) An answer; a reply. • (n.) Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.
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24. replication
    (from the article `heredity`) The Watson-Crick model of the structure of DNA suggested at least three different ways that DNA might self-replicate. The experiments of Matthew ... ...In this way, catalysts use the small molecules brought into the cell from the outside environment to create increasingly complex reaction ... ...were sep...
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25. replication
    (L. replicatio a fold backwards) 1. a turning back of a part so as to form a duplication. 2. the process of duplicating or reproducing, as the replication of an exact copy of a polynucleotide strand of DNA or RNA.
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