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replicate

[rep-li-kit, rep-li-keyt]

adjective

  1. Also replicated. folded; bent back on itself.



verb (used with object)

replicated, replicating 
  1. to bend or fold back.

    a replicated leaf.

  2. to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, especially for experimental purposes.

    We were unable to replicate the same results in the field.

  3. Genetics.,  (of a cell) to make a copy of (its DNA).

    The cell replicates its DNA to begin the process of cell division.

verb (used without object)

replicated, replicating 
  1. (especially of DNA) to undergo replication;

    Our DNA replicates at a rate of 50 nucleotides per second.

noun

  1. something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.

replicate

verb

  1. (also intr) to make or be a copy of; reproduce

  2. to fold (something) over on itself; bend back

  3. to reply to

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. folded back on itself

    a replicate leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • nonreplicate adjective
  • nonreplicated adjective
  • replicative adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of replicate1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Late Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre “to fold back”; re-, ply 2, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of replicate1

C19: from Latin replicātus bent back; see replica
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Example Sentences

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Not long after that, they saw the first bootleg merchandise: a toy version of Mico, el Micófono, a character that is just a microphone with googly eyes that street vendors could easily replicate.

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Its results have not been replicated and are refuted by subsequent research.

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The researchers have now developed a model that replicates this complexity.

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It trains AI models primarily by using visual learning - trying to replicate how a child or a baby animal learns.

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If she wanted the model to be replicated, he told her, it needed a capitalist backbone.

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