replication
noun
[ rɛplɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of copying or reproducing something.
• "the extraordinary speed and replication of information created by computerization"
• a plaintiff's reply to the defendant's plea.
• "in the replication the plaintiff went on to state many additional facts"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French replicacion, from Latin replicatio(n- ), from replicare ‘fold back, repeat’, later ‘make a reply’ (see replicate).
