Replacement
[rɪ'pleɪsm(ə)nt] or [rɪ'plesmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; 'replacing the star will not be easy'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of replacing.
(n.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.
Editor: Seth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Re-establishment, reinstatement.
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Examples
- These permit of the removal and replacement of any one section that may become defective, and are also capable of being built up section by section to any size needed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the Right of Replacement or Refund described in paragraph 1. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth in paragraph 1. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The person or entity that provided you with the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a refund. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Possibility of quick disconnection or replacement of any cell without employment of skilled labor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We have traced in broad outline the appearance and conflicts and replacements of these empires of the great rivers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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