replicated

Variant of replicate

replicate definition

rep·li·cate (rep′li kit; for v., -kāt′)

adjective

Bot. folded back on itself, as a leaf

Etymology: L replicatus, pp. of replicare: see reply

noun

Statistics any of the individual experiments in a replication

transitive verb replicated -·cat′ed, replicating -·cat′·ing

  1. to fold; bend back
  2. to repeat, duplicate, copy, or reproduce
  3. Rare to reply

intransitive verb

to be replicated or to undergo replication

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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