Reproducible

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being consistently duplicated when subjected to the same methods and yielding similar results over repeated trials
2. Capable of being reliably duplicated with the same process to produce matching outcomes
3. Describing something that can be consistently repeated with equivalent results across tests

Etymology: The word is built from "reproduce" plus the suffix "-ible", and its story runs through a chain of Latin verbs. "Reproduce" comes from Latin "reproducere," meaning "to bring back" or "lead back," formed from "re-" ("back, again") and "producere" ("to lead forward"), which itself combines "pro-" ("forward") with "ducere" ("to lead"). Literally, the Latin verb is about leading something back into view, and the sense of making a copy only developed later in English. The suffix "-ible" has its own journey. It descends from Latin "-ibilis," which meant "able to be" or "capable of being," and it reached English through Old French "-ible" and then Middle English "-ible." English speakers have used the pattern to build many adjectives like "visible" and "divisible," and "reproducible" is one of the later members of that family.

Synonyms: repeatable, duplicable

Antonyms: non-reproducible, unique