Reproduction
//ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən// noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. countable, uncountable
"Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction."
- 2 the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring wordnet
- 3 The act of making copies. countable, uncountable
"Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited."
- 4 the act of making copies wordnet
- 5 A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate. countable, uncountable
"Jim was proud of the Rembrandt reproduction he owned."
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- 6 copy that is not the original; something that has been copied wordnet
- 7 A method for reproducing a bug or problem. countable, uncountable
"Could you file a bug at on the issue tracker with a minimum reproduction so that we can investigate?"
- 8 recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall wordnet
- 9 the process of generating offspring wordnet
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More examples"Reproduction or appropriation of HTML, images and photographs from within this site is prohibited."
Etymology
From re- + production.
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