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单词 replicable
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replicableadj.

Brit. /ˈrɛplᵻkəbl/, U.S. /ˈrɛpləkəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s replycable, 1900s– replicable.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French replicable ; replicate v., -able suffix.
Etymology: In sense 1 apparently < Middle French replicable that may be replied to or argued with, refutable (15th cent., also as repliquable ) < repliquer replique v. + -able -able suffix. In sense 2 < replic- (in replicate v.) + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin replicabilis that repeats itself (4th or 5th cent.), worthy of repetition (6th cent.). With sense 2 compare earlier replicability n.
1. That may be replied to. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > allowing a reply
replicable1528
responsible1647
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Biii Reputyng hym vnable To gainsay replycable Opinyons detestable Of Heresy execrable.
2. Able to be repeated, esp. experimentally.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [adjective] > able to be repeated > specifically of an experiment
repeatable1615
replicable1942
1942 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 130 352 We should not expect that experiments of this kind, even though carried out with a single strain of a particular bacterial parasite, would give us consistently replicable results.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 1004/2 Replicable phenomena that can be demonstrated with certainty.
1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Aug. 55/1 The research is replicable, public, generalizable, and leads to specific testable predictions.

Derivatives

ˈreplicably adv.
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1962 W. A. Scott & M. Wertheimer Introd. to Psychol. Res. vi. 133 The purely empirical approach would be unduly cumbersome because of the huge number of items required to assemble a sizable group that would correlate significantly and replicably with the criterion.
1995 Nature 19 Jan. 206/2 Such aspects of thought and behaviour as creativity and intentional deception..cannot occur replicably in experimental situations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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