# replacement

Pronunciation: say "ri-PLAYS-muhnt" /ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/

## Noun

1. Someone or something brought in to take over from another.
   - Simple: A person or thing that is used instead of another one.
   - _When the printer failed, the office ordered a replacement the same day._
   - _She proved to be an excellent replacement for the retiring manager._
2. The act of replacing something with another in its place.
   - Simple: The act of putting a new thing in place of an old one.
   - _The replacement of the city's water mains will continue through the winter._
   - _Doctors recommended a full knee replacement after the injury._
3. The removal of an edge of a crystal by one or more planes.
   - Simple: When one or more flat faces cut off the sharp edge of a crystal.
   - _The replacement of the cube's edges produced a series of narrow new faces._
   - _Geologists recorded a replacement along each edge of the quartz crystal._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "replace" combined with the suffix "-ment".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/replacement (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).