1) (a) high-fidelity; stereophonic reproduction
2) animal; human; plant reproduction
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
REPRODUCTION — Tout être vivant tend à se conserver en tant qu’individu et à se perpétuer en tant qu’espèce; ces deux tendances reposent l’une et l’autre sur une faculté fondamentale de la matière vivante, la faculté de se reproduire. La reproduction a pu être… … Encyclopédie Universelle
reproduction — reproduction, duplicate, copy, carbon copy, facsimile, replica, transcript are comparable when they mean one thing which closely or essentially resembles something that has already been made, produced, or written. Reproduction may imply identity… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
reproduction — re‧pro‧duc‧tion [ˌriːprəˈdʌkʆn] noun [uncountable] the work of copying documents, books etc or preparing them for printing: • Bulk reproduction is performed by high speed photocopiers. * * * Ⅰ. reproduction UK US /ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃən/ noun ► [C]… … Financial and business terms
Reproduction — Reproduction … Википедия
Reproduction — Re pro*duc tion ( d?k sh?n), n. [Cf. F. reproduction.] 1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.), the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring. [1913 Webster] Note: There are two… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reproduction — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of reproducing. 2) a copy of a work of art, especially a print made of a painting. 3) (before another noun ) made to imitate the style of an earlier period or particular craftsman: reproduction furniture.… … English terms dictionary
Reproduction — Reproduction, in der Physiologie der im lebenden Organismus beständig vor sich gehende Stoffwechsel, wobei die durch das Leben verbrauchten und ausgeschiedenen Stoffe vermittelst Athmung, Verdauung u. Assimilation stets durch neue ersetzt werden … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
reproduction — index boom (increase), copy, counterpart (parallel), duplicate, facsimile, fake, maternity … Law dictionary
reproduction — 1650s, “act of forming again;” see RE (Cf. re ) + PRODUCTION (Cf. production). Of generation of living things, from 1782; of sounds, from 1908. Meaning “a copy” is from 1807 … Etymology dictionary
reproduction — [n] something duplicated; duplication breeding, carbon*, carbon copy, chip off old block*, clone, copy, ditto*, dupe*, facsimile, fake, flimsy, generation, imitation, increase, look alike, mimeo*, mimeograph, mirror image*, multiplication,… … New thesaurus
reproduction — [rē΄prə duk′shən] n. 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 SYN. COPY … English World dictionary
