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replicable

[rep-li-kuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. capable of replication.

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



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Word History and Origins

Origin of replicable1

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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Even then, the BGS said, "it is far from certain that the conditions that underpin shale gas production in North America will be replicable in the UK".

From BBC

Besides, they deserved to revel in their accomplishment and discuss what was next — not just in Huntington Beach, but how to translate what happened there into a replicable lesson for others outside the city.

That was a group of mostly Californian volunteers with several Ecuadorian counterparts seeking to find and develop low-tech, easily replicable, inexpensive ways of achieving mycoremediation of the abundant oil contamination in the northeastern corner of the country and what's been called the Chernobyl of the Amazon.

From Salon

The Canberra model is replicable — and getting attention in L.A.

The investment plans announced in the US - worth hundreds of billions of dollars - were simply not replicable elsewhere, but that may no longer be such a problem.

From BBC

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