replication

replication
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of copying or reproducing something
    复制
    ■[count noun]a copy
    复制品,仿样
    a twentieth-century building would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before.
    一幢20世纪的房屋会比一幢旧房仿造建筑便宜。
    ■the repetition of a scientific experiment or trial to obtain a consistent result
    (实验或试验结果的)复证,证实
    ■the process by which genetic material or a living organism gives rise to a copy of itself
    (遗传物质或生物的)自我繁殖,自我复制
    HIV replication.
    HIV病毒的自我繁殖。
    [count noun]a crucial step in cold virus replications.
    感冒病毒复制关键的一步。
  2. (Law, dated)a plaintiff's reply to the defendant's plea
    (律 旧)原告对被告抗辩的答辩
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French replicacion, from Latin replicatio(n-), from replicare 'fold back, repeat', later 'make a reply' (see replicate)
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