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cloner

cloner

2 5.5
A person who makes exact copies of living things, objects and data
  • noun
  • /ˈkloʊnər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : clonador
  • Do you think these cloners are involved... in the plot to assassinate Senator Amidala?

Examples

  • The cloners grew the copies to the right age, taking care of the high-maintenance early years.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The dark twin will enlist the Camino cloners to create an army of dark Jedi over the course of the films, and a new clone war will ensue.

    Blog text (22)

  • The scientist was known as an expert cloner who successfully replicated various plant species.

  • Using advanced technology, the cloner created an exact replica of the original data filesystem.

  • The company hired a cloner to produce identical prototypes of their latest product for testing.

Synonyms

replicator
vscloner
  • Specialized
126 8.1

A machine that makes exact copies of objects like food or spare parts

covers organisms, cells, and data as well as objects
duplicator
vscloner
1 4.9

A machine that makes exact copies of papers and drawings

applies to copying organisms, cells, objects, or data beyond documents
reproducer
vscloner
1 4.8

A thing that makes new life or copies of things

is a person or device that deliberately makes exact copies across targets
recreator
vscloner
7.5

A person who makes something again by copying or restoring the original

creates exact scientific or data copies rather than imitative remakes

How Exact

cloner
  • Specialized
2 5.5
replicator
  • Specialized
126 8.1
copier
24 1.0

Surface Forms

cloner singular
cloners plural

Morphology

cloner = clone (transparent) = clone + er

Agentive '-er' attached to the verb 'clone' yields a person or device that performs cloning; this is a standard and easily recognized formation.

Etymology

Cloner comes from clone, which comes from an old Greek word klon meaning 'twig'. Gardeners used to make new plants from a small 'twig', so a cloner is a person or machine that makes an exact 'copy' of organisms, cells, objects, or data.