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ˈreplicative, a. Bot. [f. as replicate a. + -ive. Cf. F. replicatif.] 1. = replicate a. 1.
1852Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms. 2. Biol. Of, pertaining to, or involved in replication.
1960New Biol. XXXI. 130 A hint that some divisions of the plant kingdom have replicative mechanisms that either derange more easily or are more tolerant of novelty than others. 1971Sci. Amer. Aug. 52/1 As has been abundantly demonstrated over the past two decades, DNA is the replicative molecule of the cell. 1975Ibid. May 28/3 We have isolated a structure reflecting that stage: several plus strands of graduated lengths partially bonded to the minus strand on which they are being synthesized; we call such a structure the replicative intermediate. 1976Nature 28 Oct. 731/1 Plasmids can be viewed as primitive bacteriophages that have not yet acquired those specialised functions necessary for a complex replicative cycle. So ˈreplicatively adv.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Replication, The human soul is said to be in a place replicatively, replicative, when conceived to be all in the whole, and all in every part thereof. 1957R. K. Merton Student-Physician App. C. 304 The second criterion is that results must be replicatively consistent. |