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.]