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Reproduction is defined as the creation of a copy of something, a copy of something, or the act of sexual intercourse to create an offspring.

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An example of a reproduction is a copied drawing.

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See reproduction in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a reproducing or being reproduced
something made by reproducing; copy, close imitation, duplication, etc.
the process, sexual or asexual, by which animals and plants produce new individuals

See reproduction in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.
Something reproduced, especially in the faithfulness of its resemblance to the form and elements of the original: a fine reproduction of a painting by Matisse.
Biology The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate new individuals of the same kind; procreation.

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