replicator English

Meaning replicator meaning

What does replicator mean?

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replicator Noun

— A replicator is a device or a structure that can make copies of itself. Genes are natural replicators.

— 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.

replicator noun

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

— technical device