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Replicate vs Nonreplication - What's the difference?

replicate | nonreplication |

As nouns the difference between replicate and nonreplication

is that replicate is an outcome of a procedure while nonreplication is (biology) failure to replicate.

As a verb replicate

is to make a copy (replica) of.

As an adjective replicate

is (botany|zoology) folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

replicate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make a copy (replica) of.
  • (label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
  • (label) To reply.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • an outcome of a procedure.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
  • a replicate leaf or petal
    the replicate margin of a shell

    nonreplication

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-replication

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) Failure to replicate
  • nonreplication of genes
  • (science) Failure to duplicate results
  • *{{quote-journal, 2006, Naomi Breslau, Neurobiological Research on Sleep and Stress Hormones in Epidemiological Samples, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences citation
  • , passage=Nonreplication of clinical studies in properly conducted community samples should be taken seriously.}}