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Replicating

Replicating


rep·li·cate  (rpl-kt)
v. rep·li·cat·ed, rep·li·cat·ing, rep·li·cates
v.tr.
1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat.
2. Biology To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of (genetic material, a cell, or an organism).
3. To fold over or bend back.
v.intr.
To become replicated; undergo replication.
n. (-kt)
A repetition of an experiment or procedure.
adj. replicate (-kt) also rep·li·cat·ed (-ktd)
Folded over or bent back upon itself: a replicate leaf.

[Middle English replicaten, from Late Latin replicre, replict-, to repeat, from Latin, to fold back : re-, re- + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

repli·cative adj.
Replicating

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