different between replication vs replicate

English

Etymology

From Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replic?ti?, replic?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pl??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

replication (countable and uncountable, plural replications)

1. The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
   • 2014, Wikipedia, DNA replication

     DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.

2. Copy; reproduction.

   That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.

3. (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
4. (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
5. (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.

Synonyms

• repetition
• duplication
• imitation
• copying
• reproduction
• copy
• repeat
• carbon copy
• duplicate
• replica

Translations

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?