REPLICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does replica mean? 

• REPLICA (noun)
  The noun REPLICA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: REPLICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPLICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

replica; replication; reproduction

Hypernyms ("replica" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "replica"):

toy (a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier))

Derivation:

replicate (make or do or perform again)

 Context examples 

A secondary representation, reproduction, or replica.

(Copy, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the two side by side replicas produced by chromosome replication in mitosis or meiosis.

(Chromatid, NCI Thesaurus)