replicator
noun/ˈɹɛplɪkeɪtɚ/US/ˈɹɛplɪkeɪtə/UK
Etymology
From replicate + -or.
- derived from replicātus
Definitions
Something capable of self-replication, like a gene or meme.
- We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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
- neighborreplica
- neighborreplicant
- neighborreplicate
- neighborreplication
- neighborreplicative
- neighborreplicatory
- neighborreply
Derived
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