replacement

UK /ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/ US /ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/
noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.

2

The act of replacing something.

The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.

3

The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.

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