Definition of Replica

1. Noun. Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied.

Exact synonyms: Replication, Reproduction
Generic synonyms: Copy
Specialized synonyms: Toy
Derivative terms: Replicate

Definition of Replica

1. n. A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

Definition of Replica

1. Noun. An exact copy. ¹

2. Noun. A copy made at a smaller scale of the original. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Replica

1. a close copy or reproduction [n -S]

Medical Definition of Replica

1. A specimen for electron microscopic examination obtained by coating a crystalline array or other virus material with carbon; the mold (the replica) obtained after the viral material has been dissolved provides details of structure and arrangement. Origin: It., fr. L.L. Re-plico, to fold back (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Replica

repletions
repletive
repletory
repleviable
replevied
replevies
replevin
replevined
replevinger
replevingers
replevining
replevins
replevisable
replevy
replevying
replica (current term)
replica methods
replica plate
replica plating
replica techniques
replicabilities
replicability
replicable
replicant
replicants
replicas
replicase
replicases
replicate
replicated

Literary usage of Replica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Amateur Photographer (1904)
""The new process replica casts are put face down on the glass and dried out under ... Tested at this stage, they may be better than Thorp process replica, ..."

2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"... a replica of the sketch at Holland House, only continued rather lower, and in the with more dash than accuracy, and have the initials "D. В.," which are ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"P. Cams, Chicago, 1909, which contains an account of the securing of the replica, the Chinese text of the inscription, A. Wylie's Eng. ..."

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