replicate
English
Etymology
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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
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Verb
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- To make a copy (replica) of.
- On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.
- (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.
- (obsolete) To reply.
Related terms
Translations
to make a copy of
Noun
replicate (plural replicates)
- The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
- (music) A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.
Adjective
replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)
- (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.
Italian
Verb
replicate
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) replicāte
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