Replicables

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being duplicated or copied exactly; materials or objects that can be reproduced faithfully through various methods; processes or results able to be consistently achieved again under similar conditions
2. Describing entities suitable for precise imitation or reproduction; items or experiments that allow exact repetition to confirm findings; things that can be reliably recreated without variation
3. Able to be duplicated or echoed identically; substances or phenomena that permit accurate reproduction; studies or procedures which yield consistent outcomes upon repetition

Etymology: "Replicable" combines the verb "replicate" with the English suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being." The suffix is ordinary and has been attached to verbs for centuries, so the real history lies in the verb. "Replicate" comes from Latin "replicare," meaning "to fold back" or "unfold," from "re-" (back) and "plicare" (to fold). The original image is literal: a thing is folded back on itself, as a doubled-over letter might be. Latin users extended the sense to repeating or restating, and English "replicate" later came to mean producing an exact copy. The adjective keeps that sense of exact copying. In science it is most often used of experiments or results that other researchers can reproduce.

Synonyms: reproducible, copyable

Antonyms: irreproducible