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replicated - 2 dictionary results

rep⋅li⋅cate

[adj., n. rep-li-kit; v. rep-li-keyt] adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, noun
–adjective
1. Also, rep⋅li⋅cat⋅ed. folded; bent back on itself.
–verb (used with object)
2. to bend or fold back: a replicated leaf.
3. to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce, esp. for experimental purposes.
–verb (used without object)
4. to undergo replication.
–noun
5. something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.

Origin:
1525–35; < LL replicātus ptp. of replicāre to fold back. See re-, ply 2 , -ate 1
rep·li·cate   (rěp'lĭ-kāt')   
v.   rep·li·cat·ed, rep·li·cat·ing, rep·li·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat.
  2. Biology To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of (genetic material, a cell, or an organism).
  3. To fold over or bend back.
v.   intr.
To become replicated; undergo replication.
n.   (-kĭt)
A repetition of an experiment or procedure.
adj.   replicate (-kĭt) also rep·li·cat·ed (-kā'tĭd)
Folded over or bent back upon itself: a replicate leaf.

[Middle English replicaten, from Late Latin replicāre, replicāt-, to repeat, from Latin, to fold back : re-, re- + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
rep'li·ca'tive adj.
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