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   replicate

   verb

   • 1. make an exact copy of; reproduce: "it might be impractical to replicate Eastern culture in the west"
   • ▪ (of genetic material or a living organism) reproduce or give rise to a copy of itself: "interleukin-16 prevents the virus from replicating itself"
   • ▪ repeat (a scientific experiment or trial) to obtain a consistent result: "these findings have been replicated by Metzger and Antes"

   adjective

   • 1. of the nature of a copy: "a replicate Earth"
   • ▪ of the nature of a repetition of a scientific experiment or trial: "the variation of replicate measurements"

   noun

   • 1. a close or exact copy; a replica: "young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults"
   • ▪ a repeated experiment or trial: "five replicates were performed per dilution"
   • 2. a tone one or more octaves above or below the given tone.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘repeat’): from Latin replicat-, from the verb replicare, from re- ‘back, again’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The current senses date from the late 19th century.

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