Meaning & use

reproducible

adjective·Academic

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able to be produced again or repeated with the same result, especially in an experiment.

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A good scientific study should be reproducible by other researchers.

The engineer tested whether the error was reproducible before filing a report.

A note on using this word

Reproducibility is a core standard in science: if results can't be reproduced by others, they're generally considered unreliable.

Words with a similar meaning

repeatablereplicable

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Words with an opposite meaning

irreproducible

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