replicate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

rep·li·cate (rĕpʹlĭ-kāt')v. rep·li·cat·ed, rep·li·cat·ing, rep·li·catesv. tr.
1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat.
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. (-kĭt)
A repetition of an experiment or procedure.adj. replicate (-kĭt) also rep·li·cat·ed (-kāʹtĭd)
Folded over or bent back upon itself:
a replicate leaf. [Middle English replicaten, from Late Latin replicāre, replicāt-, to repeat, from Latin, to fold back : re-, re- + plicāre, to fold; See plek- in Indo-European Roots.] repʹli·ca'tive adj.