Replicate

//ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

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

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

  2. 2
    make or do or perform again wordnet
  3. 3
    To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.

    "[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."

  4. 4
    reproduce or make an exact copy of wordnet
  5. 5
    To reply. obsolete
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  1. 6
    bend or turn backward wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

    "a replicate leaf or petal"

Synonyms

All synonyms
duplicateclonecopycopydittodouble

Example

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"Bacteria replicate in an autonomous fashion."

Etymology

From Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicāre (“to fold”); see ply. Doublet of reply and replica.

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self-replicating

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