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replicable

American  
[rep-li-kuh-buhl] / ˈrɛp lɪ kə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of replication.

    The scientific experiment must be replicable in all details to be considered valid.


Etymology

Origin of replicable

First recorded in 1950–55; replic(ate) + -able


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For years, restaurants have been encouraged to become frictionless, scalable, customizable and infinitely replicable.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Do you think Musk’s success is replicable by others?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Part of the beauty and profundity of people’s psychedelic experiences is the ineffable—but the systems that run on Western science are hungry for hard data, replicable and reliable outcomes, and, perhaps most importantly, profit.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026

The prize committee said it was "a replicable model for water ecosystem restoration -- one pond at a time."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

The principle at issue was straightforward: natural facts must be replicable and reproducible if they are to count as facts at all.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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