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rep·li·cate
(rĕp′lĭ-kāt′)v. rep·li·cat·ed, rep·li·cat·ing, rep·li·cates
v.tr.
1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat: "recreating his pose for a photo that replicated his glorious moment" (Stuart Miller).
2. Biology To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of (genetic material, a cell, or an organism).
3. To repeat (a scientific experiment) to confirm findings or ensure accuracy.
v.intr.
To become replicated; undergo replication: cells that replicate rapidly in culture.
n. (-kĭt)
A repetition of an experiment or procedure.
adj. replicate (-kĭt)
1. Duplicated, copied, reproduced, or repeated: a replicate sample.
2. Folded over or bent back upon itself: a replicate leaf.
[Middle English replicaten, from Late Latin replicāre, replicāt-, to repeat, from Latin, to fold back : re-, re- + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
rep′li·ca′tive adj.
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replicate
vb (mainly tr)
1. (also intr) to make or be a copy of; reproduce
2. to fold (something) over on itself; bend back
3. to reply to
adj
folded back on itself: a replicate leaf.
[C19: from Latin replicātus bent back]
ˈreplicative adj
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rep•li•cate
(adj., n. ˈrɛp lɪ kɪt; v. -ˌkeɪt)adj., v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
n. adj.
1. Also, rep′li•cat`ed. bent back on itself: a replicate leaf.
v.t. 2. to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce.
v.i. 3. to undergo replication.
n. 4. something, as a scientific experiment, that can be replicated.
[1525–35; < Late Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre to repeat, Latin: to fold back]
rep′li•ca•ble, adj.
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replicate
Past participle: replicated
Gerund: replicating
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| Verb | 1. | replicate - bend or turn backward |
| 2. | replicate - reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" | |
| 3. | replicate - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" replicate, copy - reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" recapitulate - repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life geminate, reduplicate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" |
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replicate
verb copy, follow, repeat, reproduce, recreate, ape, mimic, duplicate, reduplicate He was not able to replicate this experiment.
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replicate
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
replicate
[ˈrɛplɪkeɪt] vt
(= reproduce) [+ work, experiment, process] → reproduire
vi [molecule] → se répliquer
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replicate
vt (= copy) work, success → wiederholen
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replicate
vi (viruses) replicarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.