noun / verb / adjective

duplicate

DOO-pli-kit/dˈuplʌkʌt/

An exact copy of something, or making such a copy.

The second brass key is an exact duplicate of the first.

Two identical brass keys lie side by side in the same orientation, making an exact counterpart immediately visible through matching distinctive cuts and bow shapes.

Etymology

“Two” and “fold” combine in the idea of doubling. From describing something double or two-part, duplicate came to name a second thing corresponding exactly to an original.

In context

The Faraday Institute70:47

you are a physical being God could presumably create an exact physical duplicate of you right now

Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies - Dr Marc Cortez

More examples

She duplicated the file.
They are duplicating the records.
Several duplicates were found.

Forms

duplicate · duplicates · duplicated · duplicating

Similar words

copy: Can be approximate rather than exactly identical.
replica: Usually reproduces a physical object, sometimes at another scale.