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.
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To make a copy (replica) of.
On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.
It is the Northern portals that are most interesting. The earlier structure was given the romantic, grotto-like feature of a tower with windows. When expanded (circa 1893), the engineers chose to replicate that design, seemingly extending the castle further.2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46:
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Sciences 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.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
The idea is that by building the centre with used and new normal railway components, GCRE will "replicate" the UK main line railway. Doherty sees this as a unique selling point: "We have some good rail research/testing universities such as Birmingham and Huddersfield, but you can't replicate a train rattling through at 120mph in a lab."2021 June 16, Andrew Mourant, “Plans for new test centre remain on track”, in RAIL, number 933, page 42:
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.
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The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.
replicate
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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.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences, Zoology Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.