*duplicat*

n. [ L. conduplicatio. ] A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. de- + duplication. ] (Biol.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of being duplicated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart. [ 1913 Webster ]

I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Duplicated p. pr. & vb. n. Duplicating. ] 1. To double; to fold; to render double. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. duplicatus, p. p. of duplicare to double, fr. duplex double, twofold. See Duplex. ] Double; twofold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Duplicate proportion or
Duplicate ratio (Math.), the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication. ] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the quality of duplicating or doubling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. “Duplicative subdivision.” Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. duplicature. ] A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) (a) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in æstivation. (b) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) (a) Having induplicate sepals or petals in æstivation. (b) Having induplicate leaves in vernation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. Redouble. ] 1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the &unr_;stivation of certain flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. LL. reduplicare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition. ] 1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Philol.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réduplicatif. ] Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sesqui- + duplicate. ] Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sesquiduplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20. [ 1913 Webster ]