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FICTIONAL BIOENGINEERED OR BIOROBOTIC ANDROID (HUMANOID ROBOT) IN THE BLADE RUNNER UNIVERSE
Replicants; Replicatn; Nexus 8; Nexus-8
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replicant         
Someone who is so conventional, uncool, and predictable that you suspect she isn't human.
Starbuck's is a great place to spot a replicant in the process of refueling.
replicant         
¦ noun (in science fiction) a genetically engineered or artificial being created as an exact replica of a particular human being.
Origin
from replica + -ant: first used in the film Blade Runner (1982).
Replicant         
·noun One who replies.

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Replicant

A replicant is a fictional bioengineered humanoid featured in the 1982 film Blade Runner and the 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049 which is physically indistinguishable from an adult human and often possesses superhuman strength and intelligence. A replicant can be detected by means of the fictional Voight-Kampff test in which emotional responses are provoked; a replicant's nonverbal responses differ from those of a human. Failing the test leads to execution, which is euphemistically referred to as "retiring."

Several models of replicant were produced. The first seen model, the Nexus-6, has a four-year lifespan to prevent them from developing empathic abilities (and, therefore, immunity to the test). The successor model, the Nexus-7, were limited experimental models with the ability to procreate. Nexus-8 and Nexus-9 replicants also have open-ended lifespans, but the Nexus-9 line was incapable of disobeying human orders.

Pronunciation examples for replicant
1. or he's not a replicant.
Blade Runner 2049 _ Denis Villeneuve _ Talks at Google
2. about was Deckard a replicant?
Blade Runner 2049 _ Denis Villeneuve _ Talks at Google
3. is Deckard a replicant or not.
Blade Runner 2049 _ Denis Villeneuve _ Talks at Google
4. then of retiring a replicant and killing a human?
Blade Runner 2049 _ Denis Villeneuve _ Talks at Google
5. I always thought that symbolized that the replicant felt
Blade Runner 2049 _ Denis Villeneuve _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of replicant
1. The replicant kings are trying to mangle our minds.
2. John Harris Friday September 2', 2006 The Guardian Rock‘n‘roll replicant ... Lenny Kravitz.
3. Human replicant Top–of–the–line voice software loaded with data from Dick‘s vast body of writing allows the robot to carry on natural–sounding conversations.
4. In Blade Runner, set in Los Angeles in 201', Harrison Ford plays a Blade Runner or policeman whose job is to track down and terminate escaped human clones known as "replicants." "All those moments ... will be lost ... in time ... like ... tears in rain" Replicant Roy Batty in Blade RunnerThere is a certain irony to Phil‘s disappearance – a missing replica of the very author who championed "replicant" freedom.
5. That, with his apparent physical invulnerability and virtually superhuman performance, suggest something of the replicant or android÷ is he human, is he real, or some kind of bionic man?