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replacement

American  
[ri-pleys-muhnt] / rɪˈpleɪs mənt /

noun

  1. the act of replacing.

  2. a person or thing that replaces another.

    summer replacements for vacationing staff; a replacement for a broken dish.

  3. Military. a sailor, soldier, or airman assigned to fill a vacancy in a military unit.

  4. Also called metasomatism.  Geology. the process of practically simultaneous removal and deposition by which a new mineral grows in the body of an old one.

replacement British  
/ rɪˈpleɪsmənt /

noun

  1. the act or process of replacing

  2. a person or thing that replaces another

  3. geology the growth of a mineral within another of different chemical composition by gradual simultaneous deposition and removal

  4. Also called: petrification.  a process of fossilization by gradual substitution of mineral matter for the original organic matter

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Other Word Forms

  • nonreplacement noun

Etymology

Origin of replacement

First recorded in 1780–90; replace + -ment

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