reproducible

American  

[ree-pruh-doo-suh-buhl, -dyoo-] / ˌri prəˈdu sə bəl, -ˈdyu- /

adjective

1. able to be copied, duplicated, represented, or closely imitated.

   A complimentary reproducible workbook is included for your client to use as she goes through the counseling sessions.

2. Biology. (of an organism or organic part) able to reproduce itself or be reproduced by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual.

   In natural selection, environmental conditions determine the reproductive success of a reproducible unit such as an organism or cell.

3. (of an organism) able to have its reproduction caused or fostered by human beings.

   Numerous challenges are encountered in our botanical research, including the identification and procurement of reproducible plant material.

4. able to be produced, formed, made, or brought about again or anew in any manner.

   While most of us have seen this password issue, it is infrequent and not reproducible on command, making it hard to diagnose and fix.

5. able to be recalled to the mind or represented in thought, as through the memory or imagination.

   Far from being essential to perception, the formation of a reproducible mental image represents a later stage of evolution altogether.

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Other Word Forms

• nonreproducible adjective
• reproducibility noun
• unreproducible adjective

Etymology

Origin of reproducible

First recorded in 1770–80; reproduc(e) ( def. ) + -ible ( def. )

Example Sentences

It has a partial blueprint for how you think, and some of the knowledge that once made you indispensable is now a reproducible company asset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

"It's important to actually work with the specimen itself because specimens are the way that you can confirm things. That research can be reproducible," she said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

"Our goal has always been to bring human biology into the lab in a way that's scalable, reproducible, and meaningful for patients," says Kasendra, who serves as director of research and development at CuSTOM.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

“I’m very clear with them that we need to do rigorous reproducible randomized controlled trials at the proper scale to really understand, does this drug work and in whom?” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 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