replacement

re·place·ment

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

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replacement

noun

The act or process of replacing or of being replaced: a knee replacement; replacement of the furnace.
One that replaces another: The retiring manager's replacement will start next month. The company sent a replacement for the damaged item.
Statistics The act of returning each item that has been selected in a subset from a group before making another selection.

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