Thread:Eureka Enderborn/@comment-26535281-20170108014839/@comment-26347028-20170108214139

Eureka Enderborn wrote: A device capable of transforming energy into matter on the spot, in complex patterns, allowing finished products to be created within seconds. That's not a replicator.

A replicator copies patterns preset into it to create objects.

Replicate is the key part.

A machine that converts energy into matter probably does have a name, but that name makes no sense.