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noun
The quality of being reproducible.
The closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The quality of being reproducible.
The closeness of agreement among scientific results more generally, at the level of whole experiments, either nearly identical or similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being reproducible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: duplicability
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English reproduce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reproducible Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English reproducibility From reproducible + -ity.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
