reproduction

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.

(noun)

An example of a reproduction is a copied drawing.

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See reproduction in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

See reproduction in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.
  2. 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.
  3. Biology The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate new individuals of the same kind; procreation.

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