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Replicate vs Nonreplicating - What's the difference?

replicate | nonreplicating |

As adjectives the difference between replicate and nonreplicating

is that replicate is (botany|zoology) folded over or backward; folded back upon itself while nonreplicating is (biology) failing to replicate.

As a verb replicate

is to make a copy (replica) of.

As a noun replicate

is an outcome of a procedure.

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

    nonreplicating

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Failing to replicate
  • *{{quote-journal, 2008, Ramandeep Singh et al., PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release, Science, volume=322, issue=5906 citation
  • , passage=These molecules are active not only against actively replicating bacteria, but also against bacteria that are nonreplicating by virtue of hypoxia (4). }}