replacement

[ ri-pleys-muhnt ]
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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.

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

  2. 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.

Origin of replacement

1
First recorded in 1780–90; replace + -ment

Other words from replacement

  • non·re·place·ment, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for replacement

replacement

/ (rɪˈpleɪsmənt) /


noun
  1. the act or process of replacing

  2. a person or thing that replaces another

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

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

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