different between replicate vs replicated

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?

English

Verb

replicated

1. simple past tense and past participle of replicate

Derived terms

• session-replicated