replicate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicare (“to fold”); see ply.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛpləˌkeɪt/ (verb)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛpləˌkət/ (noun)

Verb

1. To make a copy (replica) of.

   On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.

2. (sciences) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
   • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:

     [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.

3. (obsolete) To reply.

Related terms

• replica
• replicability
• replicant
• replication
• replicative
• replicator
• reply

Translations

to make a copy of

• Finnish: kopioida (fi)
• French: répliquer (fr)
• Italian: replicare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: replicar (pt)
• Romanian: replica (ro)
• Spanish: replicar (es)

Noun

replicate (plural replicates)

1. The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
2. (music) A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.

Adjective

replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)

1. (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

   a replicate leaf or petal

   the replicate margin of a shell

Further reading

• “replicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “replicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Italian

Verb

replicate

1. second-person plural present of replicare
2. second-person plural imperative of replicare

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) replicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of replicō