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authorized
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adjective
endowed with authority
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adjective
(= authoritative, authorised)
sanctioned by established authority
an authoritative communique
the authorized biography
replicator
Noun
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A replicator is a device or a structure that can make copies of itself.
Genes are natural replicators.
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A replicator is also a (fictional) man-made device that can make copies of itself, or transform matter to build any object or structure, living or not.
Replicators still belong to science-fiction nowadays, but could exist one day thanks to technological progress.