reproducible
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Capable of being reproduced or duplicated: Describes something (like a scientific result, an experiment, or a process) that can be consistently recreated or repeated with the same outcome under the same conditions.
Usage
The word "reproducible" is primarily used in academic, scientific, and technical contexts to describe the reliability and validity of findings or methods. It emphasizes that an outcome is not a random occurrence but can be reliably obtained again.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The key to good science is having reproducible experiments.
- The data from the first trial was not reproducible in subsequent tests.
- For the findings to be accepted, they must be reproducible by other research teams.
Advanced Usage
- "Reproducible research": A concept in scientific computing where the data, code, and computational environment used to generate results are made available so others can exactly reproduce the analysis.
- The journal now requires authors to submit their work as reproducible research packages.
Variants and Related Words
- Reproduce (verb): To produce a copy or to cause something to happen again.
- Scientists tried to reproduce the original experiment.
- Reproducibility (noun): The quality or state of being reproducible.
- The reproducibility of the study's results has been questioned.
- Non-reproducible (adj.): Incapable of being reproduced; a common finding that indicates a potential flaw or limitation.
- The initial claim was based on non-reproducible data.
Synonyms
- Replicable: Often used interchangeably in science, meaning capable of being replicated.
- Repeatable: Emphasizing that something can be done again with the same effect.
- Consistent: Producing the same outcome on different occasions.
Antonyms
- Irreproducible: Not able to be reproduced.
- Unrepeatable: Not able to be repeated or duplicated.
- Inconsistent: Not staying the same in quality or effect.
Adjective
- capable of being reproduced
- astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained