replicator

noun
/ˈɹɛplɪkeɪtɚ/US/ˈɹɛplɪkeɪtə/UK

Etymology

From replicate + -or.

  1. derived from replicātus
  2. formed as replicator — “replicate + -or

Definitions

  1. Something capable of self-replication, like a gene or meme.

    • We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
  2. A technological device that replicates physical objects.

    • Why, this planet was still centuries away from developing such necessities as personal replicators or portable nano-intelligences...
    • either there is not such thing as a concept known as 'spacecraft' (inwhich case, any talk of spacecraft, warp drives, inertial dampers, replicators, and the like would be pointless), or indeed there is.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA