reproducibility

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noun

The closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people.

Similar
duplicability
OriginEnglish reproducible ← Middle English produce ← Latin prōdūcō →
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Meanings

nounreproducibility (countable and uncountable, plural reproducibilities)

plural reproducibilities

  1. The quality of being reproducible.
    1. countableuncountableThe closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people.
    2. countableuncountableThe closeness of agreement among scientific results more generally, at the level of whole experiments, either nearly identical or similar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being reproducible

Similar
duplicability
Broader
dependabilitydependablenessreliability
Also see
duplicabilityprecision

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  10. Proto-Italic*pro-
  11. Latinprō-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  14. Proto-Italic*doukō
  15. Latindūcō
  16. Latinprōdūcō
  17. Middle Englishproduce
  18. Englishproduce
  19. Englishreproduce
  20. Englishreproducible
  21. Englishreproducibility

From reproducible + -ity.

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Translations

Bulgarian възпроизводимост
  • възпроизводимост (văzproizvodimost)quality of being reproducible
Chinese Mandarin 再現性 /再现性, 再現性 /再现性
  • 再現性 /再现性 (zàixiànxìng)quality of being reproducible
  • 再現性 /再现性 (zàixiànxìng)closeness of agreement
Dutch reproduceerbaarheid, reproduceerbaar
  • reproduceerbaarheidquality of being reproducible
  • reproduceerbaarcloseness of agreement
Finnish toistettavuus, toistettavuus
  • toistettavuusquality of being reproducible
  • toistettavuuscloseness of agreement
French reproductibilité, reproductibilité
  • reproductibilitéquality of being reproducible
  • reproductibilitécloseness of agreement
German Reproduzierbarkeit, Reproduzierbarkeit
  • Reproduzierbarkeitquality of being reproducible
  • Reproduzierbarkeitcloseness of agreement
Hungarian megismételhetőség
  • megismételhetőségquality of being reproducible
Latvian pavairojamība
  • pavairojamībaquality of being reproducible
Polish powtarzalność
  • powtarzalnośćquality of being reproducible
Spanish replicabilidad
  • replicabilidadquality of being reproducible
Swedish reproducerbarhet, upprepbarhet
  • reproducerbarhetquality of being reproducible
  • upprepbarhetquality of being reproducible
Cite this entry
APA

reproducibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproducibility

MLA

“reproducibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproducibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reproducibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproducibility.

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