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Definition of reproduction

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action or process of copying something:the cost of colour reproduction in publication is high
  • [count noun] a copy of a work of art, especially a print or photograph of a painting: a reproduction of Monet’s ‘Wild Poppies’
  • [as modifier] made to imitate the style of an earlier period or of a particular craftsman:reproduction French classical beds
  • the quality of reproduced sound:the design was changed to allow louder reproduction
  • 2the production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process: toads converge upon lakes and ponds intent on reproduction

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