replicate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicāre (“to fold”); see ply. Doublet of reply and replica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation, verb) /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/ IPA(key): (General American, Canada, verb) /ˈɹɛpləˌkeɪt/ IPA(key): (Australian, verb) /ˈɹeplɪˌkæɪt/ IPA(key): (New Zealand, verb) /ˈɹepləˌkæɪt/ IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation, noun) /ˈɹɛpləkət/ IPA(key): (General American, Canada, noun) /ˈɹɛpləkət/ IPA(key): (Australian, New Zealand, noun) /ˈɹepləkət/ === Verb === replicate (third-person singular simple present replicates, present participle replicating, simple past and past participle replicated) To make a copy (replica) of. (sciences) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result. (obsolete) To reply. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === replicate (plural replicates) The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica. (music) A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone. === Adjective === replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate) (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself. a replicate leaf or petal the replicate margin of a shell === Further reading === “replicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “replicate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “replicate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Italian == === Verb === replicate inflection of replicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Anagrams === atreplice, pelatrice == Latin == === Verb === replicāte second-person plural present active imperative of replicō == Spanish == === Verb === replicate second-person singular voseo imperative of replicar combined with te