Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
REPLICATE
duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
(verb) make or do or perform again; “He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick”
replicate, copy
(verb) reproduce or make an exact copy of; “replicate the cell”; “copy the genetic information”
retroflex, replicate
(verb) bend or turn backward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
replicate (third-person singular simple present replicates, present participle replicating, simple past and past participle replicated)
To make a copy (replica) of.
(science) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
(obsolete) To reply.
Noun
replicate (plural replicates)
The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
(music) A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.
Adjective
replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)
(botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
Source: Wiktionary
Rep"li*cate (--kt), v. t.
Definition: To reply. [Obs.]
Rep"li*cate (l-kt), Rep"li*ca`ted (-k`td), a. Etym: [L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See Reply.]
Definition: Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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