n. 回答, 反响, 复制, 第二次答辩, 折转, 弯回

[化] 复制

[医] 折术, 再试验, 复制(DNA或RNA的)

Replication \Rep`li*ca"tion\ (-k?"sh?n), n. [L. replicatio. See
{Reply}.]
1. An answer; a reply. --Shak.

Withouten any repplicacioun. --Chaucer.

2. (Law Pleadings) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of
fact, to the defendant's plea.

3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.

To hear the replication of your sounds. --Shak.

4. A repetition; a copy.

5. (Biochem.) The copying, by enzymes, of a cell's genome,
i.e. the DNA or RNA comprising its genetic material, so as
to form an identical genome. This is an essential step in
the division of one cell into two. This differs from
{transcription}, which is the copying of only part of the
genetic information of a cell's genome into RNA, as in the
processes of biosynthesis of messenger RNA or ribosomal
RNA.
[PJC]

Syn: Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.