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dereplicate

dereplicate verb: to separate and purify (a chemical mixture) so as to eliminate known constituents and leave novel ones.

Verb

dereplicate (third-person singular simple present dereplicates, present participle dereplicating, simple past and past participle dereplicated)

  1. (transitive) To separate and purify (a chemical mixture) so as to eliminate known constituents and leave novel ones.

Forms of dereplicate

third-person singular presentdereplicates
present participledereplicating
past participledereplicated
pastdereplicated

Origin of dereplicate

From de- + replicate.

Questions about dereplicate

What does dereplicate mean?
Dereplicate means to separate and purify (a chemical mixture) so as to eliminate known constituents and leave novel ones.
What part of speech is dereplicate?
Dereplicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dereplicate?
The past tense of dereplicate is dereplicated.

Words near dereplicate in the dictionary

  1. derelomine
  2. derender
  3. derendering
  4. DeRenzo
  5. DeRenzos
  6. dereplicate
  7. dereplicated
  8. dereplicates
  9. dereplicating
  10. dereplication
  11. dereplications

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