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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of replicare; REPLY1 |
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rep‧li‧cate
1 [transitive] formal if you replicate someone's work, a scientific study etc, you do it again, or try to get the same result again : There is a need for further research to replicate these findings.
There is a need for further research to replicate these findings.2 [intransitive and transitive] technical if a virus or a molecule replicates, or if it replicates itself, it divides and produces exact copies of itself : the ability of DNA to replicate itself
the ability of DNA to replicate itself —replication noun [uncountable and countable]
noun [uncountable and countable]