I. ˈrepləˌkāt transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare to reply, repeat, from Latin, to fold back
1. : to give as an answer : reply
2. : duplicate , repeat
the sequence of elementary responses necessary in the act of replicating the outline of the triangle — D.M.MacKay
replicate a statistical experiment
replicated row plantings
3.
[Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare ]
: to fold or bend back
a replicated leaf
II. -lə̇kə̇t noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare to repeat
1. : a repeated musical tone one or more octaves above or below a given tone
2. : an experiment or procedure that repeats another done at the same time
III. adjective
Etymology: Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare to fold back
1. : folded over or backward : folded back upon itself
2.
[Late Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare to repeat, from Latin, to fold back]
: manifold , repeated
replicate samples of 10 gm. were used for determining total nitrogen — Journal of Agric. Research
IV. intransitive verb
: to undergo replication : produce a replica of itself
V. noun
: something (as a gene, DNA, or a cell) produced by replication