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Duplicate

Definition

noun, plural: duplicates

One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.


adjective

Twofold; double; identical; resembling the other.


verb

To make a copy of something; to produce or do a repetition of something; to double; to reproduce by dividing oneself into two, as in infusoria duplicating to form another of their kind.


Supplement

''Word origin: From Latin duplicatus (past participle of duplicare).
Related forms: duplicates (verb: simple present), duplicating (verb: present participle), duplicated (verb: simple past)

Related term: duplication


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help new at the field need advice with microarray analyzed

... native language so please forgive me for bad grammars and clumsy explanations. I have a micrroarray results of three time points each point have a duplicate. So I have on total 12 points. 6 for the control and 6 for the one I want to check against the control. 6=3 time point *2(duplicate) All of ...

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by youknowwho1
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