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rep⋅li⋅ca⋅tive

  [rep-li-key-tiv]
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–adjective
characterized by or capable of replication, esp. of an experiment.
Origin:
1850–55; replicate + -ive
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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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Main Entry: rep·li·ca·tive
Pronunciation: 'rep-li-"kAt-iv
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, involved in, or characterized byreplication replicative form —Nature>
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