Sheet piling is an earth retention and excavation support technique that retains soil, using steel sheet sections with interlocking edges. Sheet piles are installed in sequence to design depth along the planned excavation perimeter or seawall alignment.
Replication (statistics) In engineering, science, and statistics, replication is the repetition of an experimental condition so that the variability associated with the phenomenon can be estimated. ASTM, in standard E1847, defines replication as the repetition of the set of all the treatment combinations to be compared in an experiment.
The noun REPLICATION has 7 senses: 1. the act of making copies. 2. (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division. 3. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).4. (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer.. the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped. 6. copy that is not the original; something that has been copied. 7. the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion. Familiarity information: REPLICATION used as a noun is common.