replicate

verb
/ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/UK/ˈɹɛpləˌkeɪt/CA/ˈɹeplɪˌkæɪt/

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.

  1. derived from replicātus

Definitions

  1. To make a copy (replica) of.

    • On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.
  2. To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.

    • [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
  3. To reply.

  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. The outcome of a replication procedure

      The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.

    2. A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.

    3. Folded over or backward

      Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

      • a replicate leaf or petal
      • the replicate margin of a shell

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at replicate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at replicate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at replicate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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