replicate
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from replicātus
Definitions
To make a copy (replica) of.
- On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.
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.
To reply.
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The outcome of a replication procedure
The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.
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
- neighborreplica
- neighborreplicability
- neighborreplicant
- neighborreplication
- neighborreplicative
- neighborreplicator
- neighborreply
Derived
autoreplicate, bioreplicate, dereplicate, dereplicated, endoreplicate, endoreplicated, interreplicate, misreplicate, nonreplicate, nonreplicated, nonreplicating, overreplicate, pseudoreplicate, replicatable, replicon, rereplicate, self-replicating, subreplicate, transreplicate, underreplicate, underreplicated, unreplicated
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.
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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