reproduction: Meaning and Definition of

re•pro•duc•tion

Pronunciation: (rē"pru-duk'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. the act or process of reproducing.
  2. the state of being reproduced.
  3. something made by reproducing an original; copy; duplicate: a photographic reproduction; a reproduction of a Roman vase.
  4. the natural process among organisms by which new individuals are generated and the species perpetuated.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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