( VOY: ' Year of Hell') A replicator that was installed primarily for the purpose of replicating food was referred to as a food replicator, food synthesizer, food dispenser, or food slot, while one installed for replicating beverages was referred to as a drink replicator.
( DS9: ' Hard Time', ' The Assignment', ' The Ascent', ' Prophet Motive', ' Nor the Battle to the Strong' VOY: ' Memorial', ' Fair Haven', ' Mortal Coil') Items thus disposed of served to fuel the replicator and could potentially become other items in turn. ( TNG: ' Lonely Among Us', ' Deja Q' DS9: ' Visionary' VOY: ' Virtuoso' ENT: ' Dead Stop') It was also capable of inverting its function, thus recycling the item. Food slot and food service redirects here for the similar technology prevalent in the 23rd century on Starfleet starships, please see food synthesizer.Ī replicator, replicator system, replication system, or molecular synthesizer was a device that used matter-energy conversion technology similar to a transporter to produce almost anything from a ship's replicator reserves.
