replica

(rĕp'lĭ-kə)
n.

1. A copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist.
2. A copy or reproduction, especially one on a scale smaller than the original.

[Italian, from replicare, to repeat, from Late Latin replicāre. See replicate.]

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noun

Something closely resembling another: carbon copy, copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, replication, reproduction, simulacrum. Archaic simulacre. Law counterpart. See same/different/compare.

n

Definition: duplicate
Antonyms: genuine article, original

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n.

A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is supposed to be more beautiful than it looks.

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IN BRIEF: A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.

The statue is a replica of one found in the museum.

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(in electron microscopy) a reproduction of the surface of an object. There are various ways by which the surface of an object, e.g. membrane of an organelle, may be examined by transmission electron microscopy by means of a replica. Such a replica may be obtained by evaporating a thin film of a heavy metal such as platinum on to the dried specimen. The metal is sprayed from an oblique angle in order to deposit a coating of uneven thickness because a shadow effect is created that gives the image a three-dimensional appearance. The organic material may be dissolved away to provide a replica of the surface of the specimen. Two other methods, freeze-etching and freeze-fracturing, employ frozen sections.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - replika, efterligning, kopi

Nederlands (Dutch)
reproductie, kopie/model, dubbelganger

Français (French)
n. - réplique, copie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Replik, Nachbildung, Ebenbild

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάτυπο, πανομοιότυπο, αντίγραφο (έργου τέχνης)

Italiano (Italian)
replica, copia esatta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - réplica (f)

Русский (Russian)
модель, копия, дубликат

Español (Spanish)
n. - réplica, copia, reproducción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kopia, replik

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
复制品, 酷似, 复写

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 複製品, 酷似, 複寫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원작의 모사, 복사 , 반복

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - レプリカ, 写し, 複製

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نسخه مطابقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮העתק מדוייק, דגם מוקטן, רפרודוקציה‬

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