reproduction
noun
re·pro·duc·tion
ˌrē-prə-ˈdək-shən 
1
: the act or process of reproducing
specifically
: the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring and which fundamentally consists of the segregation of a portion of the parental body by a sexual or an asexual process and its subsequent growth and differentiation into a new individual
2
: something reproduced : copy
3
: young seedling trees in a forest
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Examples of reproduction in a Sentence
the mass reproduction of fine art
a reproduction of the painting
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Biological evolution, with DNA mutations creating the configurations that persist through reproduction and natural selection, would then be only one subset of this broader law.
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Paul Voosen, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
Infections typically occur in the dry season, between December and April, following the reproduction cycle of the multimammate rat in the wet season, the World Health Organization said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Cryopreservation is the freezing of biological materials to be used later for reproduction.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
This dynamic—in which a bee feeds on a flower’s nectar and gathers pollen to feed larvae, and also propagates pollen from flower to flower, enabling plant reproduction—was already well established.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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Paul Voosen, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
Infections typically occur in the dry season, between December and April, following the reproduction cycle of the multimammate rat in the wet season, the World Health Organization said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Cryopreservation is the freezing of biological materials to be used later for reproduction.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
This dynamic—in which a bee feeds on a flower’s nectar and gathers pollen to feed larvae, and also propagates pollen from flower to flower, enabling plant reproduction—was already well established.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Reproduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reproduction. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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reproduction
noun
re·pro·duc·tion
ˌrē-prə-ˈdək-shən
1
: the act or process of reproducing
especially
: the process by which plants and animals produce offspring
2
: something reproduced : copy
Medical Definition
reproduction
noun
re·pro·duc·tion
ˌrē-prə-ˈdək-shən
: the act or process of reproducing
specifically
: the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring and which fundamentally consists of the segregation of a portion of the parental body by a sexual or an asexual process and its subsequent growth and differentiation into a new individual
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