different between replication vs recurrence

English

Etymology

From Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replic?ti?, replic?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pl??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

replication (countable and uncountable, plural replications)

1. The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
   • 2014, Wikipedia, DNA replication

     DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.

2. Copy; reproduction.

   That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.

3. (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
4. (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
5. (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.

Synonyms

• repetition
• duplication
• imitation
• copying
• reproduction
• copy
• repeat
• carbon copy
• duplicate
• replica

Translations

English

Etymology

recurrent +? -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurr?ns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurr? (“I return, I recur”) (English recur).

Noun

recurrence (countable and uncountable, plural recurrences)

1. Return or reversion to a certain state.
2. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
   • I. Taylor

     I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.

3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
4. Recourse.

Synonyms

• (instance of recurring): reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Hyponyms

• recrudescence
• reemergence
• resurgence

Related terms

• recur
• recurrent
• recursive
• recursivity
• recursion

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “recurrence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary