REPRODUCTION

reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life

(noun) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

reproduction, replication

(noun) the act of making copies; “Gutenberg’s reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient”

replica, replication, reproduction

(noun) copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

reproduction, reproductive memory

(noun) recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall

reproduction

(noun) the process of generating offspring

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

reproduction (countable and uncountable, plural reproductions)

The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.

The act of making copies.

A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

Synonyms

• (sense 1): procreation

• (senses 2, 3): repro

Source: Wiktionary

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Re`pro*duc"tion (-dk"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. reproduction.]

1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.),

Definition: the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

Note: There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction (agamogenesis) and sexual reproduction (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.

2. That which is reproduced.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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