From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreplicaterep‧li‧cate /ˈreplɪkeɪt/ ●○○ verb 1 [transitive] formalCOPY if you replicate someone’s work, a scientific study etc, you do it again, or try to get the same result again There is a need for further research to replicate these findings.2 [intransitive, transitive] technical if a virus or a molecule replicates, or if it replicates itself, it divides and produces exact copies of itself the ability of DNA to replicate itself —replication /ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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replicate• This has not been the usual clinical experience, and these results have not been replicated.• A new study is replicating and extending the earlier work with a larger group of white-collar workers.• Analogical theories of the photograph have been abandoned; we no longer believe that the photograph directly replicates circumstances.• That discussion can not be replicated here.• Systems theory suggests that a closed loop of activity, left undisturbed, will replicate itself over and over.• Other scientists were unable to replicate the experiment.• Of course, there is no way that the United States could replicate the forced draft economy of those war years.Origin replicate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of replicare; → REPLY1 