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# replication

«replication» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making an exact copy of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (replication, replications)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making an exact copy of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#m1)

2) (science) Doing an experiment again to see whether you get the same result. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#m2)

3) (biology) The way cells copy their DNA or viruses make copies of themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons replication is how we test that a result is true: if other people repeat the experiment and get the same answer, we trust it more. In biology it explains how cells and viruses copy themselves. Phrases: «replication of results», «DNA replication».

### examples

- We did three replications of the experiment to be sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#x1)
- Replication helps scientists check that results are not a fluke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#x2)
- Before a cell divides, DNA replication makes a copy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#x3)
- The museum's dinosaur is a replication, not a real fossil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#x4)
- Viruses spread by replication inside cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#x5)
- Without replication, one strange result is not enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/#x6)

### note

Verb: «replicate». Noun «replica» means a copy of an object. In maths and science, more replications usually give a more reliable average.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «replication» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/replication/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.