replacement
noun
- a replacing or being replaced
- a person or thing that takes the place of another, esp. of one that has worn out, broken down, etc.
- a member of the armed forces available for assignment to fill a vacancy or complete a quota; reinforcement
- in crystallography, the replacing of an angle or edge by one face or more
- Geol. the process of very gradual solution and simultaneous deposition by which one kind of mineral is substituted for another
See replacement in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĭ-plāsˈmənt)
noun- The act or process of replacing or of being replaced; substitution.
- One that replaces, especially a person assigned to a vacant military position.
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