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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: copy that is not the original; something that has been copied [syn: replica, replication, reproduction]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Italian, repetition, from replicare to repeat, from Late Latin, from Latin, to fold back — more at reply Date: 1824 1. an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist <a replica of this was painted…this year — Constance Strachey> 2. a copy exact in all details <DNA makes a replica of itself> <sailed a replica of the Viking ship>; broadly copy <this faithful, pathetic replica of a Midwestern suburb — G. F. Kennan> Synonyms: see reproduction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a duplicate of a work made by the original artist. 2 a facsimile, an exact copy. 3 a copy or model, esp. on a smaller scale. Etymology: It. f. replicare REPLY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Replica Rep"li*ca (r?p"l?-k?), n. [It. See Reply, v. & n.] 1. (Fine Arts) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original. 2. (Mus.) Repetition.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(replicas) A replica of something such as a statue, building, or weapon is an accurate copy of it. ...a human-sized replica of the Statue of Liberty... N-COUNT: usu N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Autograph copy, duplicate.

Moby Thesaurus

Doppelganger, actual thing, burlesque, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, ditto, double, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, equivalent, exact counterpart, facsimile, homograph, homonym, homophone, idem, identical same, imitation, knockoff, likeness, mock-up, model, no other, none other, paraphrase, parody, photocopy, quadruplicate, repetition, replication, representation, reproduction, selfsame, spit and image, spitting image, synonym, the same, the same difference, travesty, triplicate, twin, version, very image, very same