different between replicant vs replicate

English

Etymology

From Latin replic?ns, present participle of replic?. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

Adjective

replicant (comparative more replicant, superlative most replicant)

1. replicative

Noun

replicant (plural replicants)

1. (science fiction) A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.
2. (archaic) One who replies.

Catalan

Verb

replicant

1. present participle of replicar

Latin

Verb

replicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of replic?

English

Etymology

From Latin replic?tus, past participle of replic?re (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plic?re (“to fold”); see ply.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???pl??ke?t/ (verb)
• (US) IPA^(key): /???pl??k?t/ (noun)

Verb

replicate (third-person singular simple present replicates, present participle replicating, simple past and past participle replicated)

1. To make a copy (replica) of.
2. (sciences) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
3. (obsolete) To reply.

Related terms

• replica
• replicability
• replicant
• replication
• replicative
• replicator
• reply

Translations

Noun

replicate (plural replicates)

1. The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
2. (music) A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.

Adjective

replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)

1. (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

   a replicate leaf or petal

   the replicate margin of a shell

Further reading

• replicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• replicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

replicate

1. second-person plural present of replicare
2. second-person plural imperative of replicare

Latin

Verb

replic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of replic?