REPRODUCTION


Meaning of REPRODUCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrē-prə-ˈdək-shən ]

noun

Date: 1659

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

Synonyms:

reproduction , duplicate , copy , facsimile , replica mean a thing made to closely resemble another. reproduction implies an exact or close imitation of an existing thing

reproductions from the museum's furniture collection

duplicate implies a double or counterpart exactly corresponding to another thing

a duplicate of a house key

copy applies especially to one of a number of things reproduced mechanically

printed 1000 copies of the lithograph

facsimile suggests a close reproduction often of graphic matter that may differ in scale

a facsimile of a rare book

replica implies the exact reproduction of a particular item in all details

a replica of the Mayflower

but not always in the same scale

miniature replicas of classic cars

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.