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replicant

adj

Etymology

From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

  1. derived from replicāns

Definitions

  1. replicative

  2. A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a…

    A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

  3. One who replies.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for replicant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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