reproducibleadj.
/ˌriːprəˈdjuːsᵻbl/, /ˌriːprəˈdʒuːsᵻbl/, U.S. /ˌriprəˈd(j)usəb(ə)l/, /ˌriprəˈdʒusəb(ə)l/ That is capable of being reproduced.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating or constructing again > that can or cannot be created again
reproducible1777
reproduceable1825
irreproducible1868
the world > action or operation > repeating > [adjective] > able to be repeated > able to be reproduced
reproducible1883
1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xiii. 162 All the germs of future plants, organical bodies of all kinds, and the reproducible parts of them, were really contained in the first germ.
1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables i. 4 The first constitutes fixed capital; the second and third reproducible capital.
1883 Fortn. Rev. Aug. 275 The results of scientific discoveries..are, as a rule, reproducible at will.
1949 E. P. Abraham et al. in H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. viii. xv. 637 The initial experiments were concerned with finding reproducible conditions for obtaining penicillin.
1972 Physics Bull. Jan. 15/1 Atomic clocks now provide a unit of time reproducible to 1 part in 1012.
2005 Daily Tel. 15 June 12/2 The finding builds on reproducible effects of phthalates seen in animal studies.
Derivatives
reproˈducibly adv.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [adverb] > in a reproducible manner
reproducibly1933
1933 Biol. Bull. 65 514 This percentage..could be obtained accurately and reproducibly in successive experiments.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. iii. 120 The varying stacking sequences, when they are found irregularly rather than reproducibly, are called stacking faults.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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