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Reproduction

noun

The process of generating offspring.

Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall. Synonym: reproductive memory.

Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied. Synonyms: replica, replication.

The act of making copies. Synonym: replication.

The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring. Synonyms: breeding, facts of life, procreation.

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... various appendages acquired by males throughout the various orders below man, and which, sofar as they themselves are concerned, serve no other useful purpose than to aid them in securing the favours of the females, have by the latter been turned to account in the processes of reproduction. The female made the male beautiful That She ...

— In Defense of Women • H. L. Mencken

... Fig. 5 is a reproduction to a small scale of actual records taken over a period of eighteen days, which shows true appearance of the diagrams when traced ...

— The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns • Henry C. Adams

... west. On the south side is Craven Street, formerly Spur Alley, where once Benjamin Franklin lived at No. 7. The site of Hungerford Market is now covered by the Charing Cross railway-station. In Charing Cross station-yard is a modern reproduction of the original Queen Eleanor's Cross. The market was built in 1680, rebuilt in 1831, and stretched to the river. The name will always be connected with that of Charles Dickens, and with "David Copperfield." ...

— The Strand District - The Fascination of London • Sir Walter Besant

... are about 15 x 21 inches, and were selected and prepared by Feodor Hoppe with the assistance of the Austrian Royal Imperial Institute of Photography and Reproduction, and are recommended for school use by special order of the Austrian Royal Imperial Ministry ...

— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 10, March 10, 1898 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... before, and what was her surprise to behold an exact reproduction of the one where she was standing, the gilded roof, the red and black pillars, and all the beauteous drapery about the doors. She would have been able to read the inscription upon the tablets, had they ...

— The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 - A Typographic Art Journal • Various

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