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reproduction
noun
1 reproduction
The process of generating offspring.
Roget 359:
life,
vitality,
viability;
animation;
vital spark,
vital flame,
soul,
spirit.
respiration,
wind;
breath of life,
breath of one's nostrils;
oxygen,
air.
[devices to sustain respiration]
respirator,
artificial respirator,
heart and lung machine,
iron lung;
medical devices
etc.
662.
lifeblood;
Archeus†;
existence
etc.
1.
vivification;
vital force;
vitalization;
revivification
etc.
163;
Prometheus;
life to come
etc.
(destiny)
152.
[Science of life]
physiology,
biology;
animal ecology.
nourishment,
staff of life
etc.
(food)
298.
genetics,
heredity,
inheritance,
evolution,
natural selection,
reproduction
(production)
161.
microbe,
aerobe,
anaerobe,
facultative anaerobe,
obligate aerobe,
obligate anaerobe,
halophile [Micro.],
methanogen [Micro.],
archaebacteria [Micro.],
microaerophile [Micro.].
animal
etc.
366;
vegetable
etc.
367.
artificial life,
robot,
robotics,
artificial intelligence.
[vital signs]
breathing,
breathing rate,
heartbeat,
pulse,
temperature.
preservation of life,
healing
(medicine)
662.
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Roget 660:
restoration,
restoral;
reinstatement,
replacement,
rehabilitation,
reestablishment,
reconstitution,
reconstruction;
reproduction
etc.
163;
renovation,
renewal;
revival,
revivessence†,
reviviscence†;
refreshment
etc.
689;
resuscitation,
reanimation,
revivification,
reviction†;
Phenix;
reorganization.
renaissance,
second youth,
rejuvenescence†,
new birth;
regeneration,
regeneracy†,
regenerateness†;
palingenesis†,
reconversion.
redress,
retrieval,
reclamation,
recovery;
convalescence;
resumption,
resumption;
sanativeness†.
recurrence
etc.
(repetition)
104;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It].
cure,
recure†,
sanation†;
healing
etc.
v.;
redintegration†;
rectification;
instauration†.
repair,
reparation,
remanufacture;
recruiting
etc.
v.;
cicatrization;
disinfection;
tinkering.
reaction;
redemption
etc.
(deliverance)
672;
restitution
etc.
790;
relief
etc.
834.
tinker,
cobbler;
vis medicatrix
etc.
(remedy)
662†.
curableness.
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Roget 163:
reproduction,
renovation;
restoration
etc.
660;
renewal;
new edition,
reprint,
revival,
regeneration,
palingenesis†,
revivification;
apotheosis;
resuscitation,
reanimation,
resurrection,
reappearance;
regrowth;
Phoenix.
generation
etc.
(production)
161;
multiplication.
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Roget 104:
repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence,
succession,
run;
battology,
tautology;
monotony,
tautophony;
rhythm
etc.
138;
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy.
chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello†,
burden of a song,
refrain;
rehearsal;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It],
recapitulation.
cuckoo
etc.
(imitation)
19;
reverberation
etc.
408;
drumming
etc.
(roll)
407;
renewal
etc.
(restoration)
660.
twice-told tale;
old story,
old song;
second edition,
new edition;
reappearance,
reproduction,
recursion [Comp.];
periodicity
etc.
138.
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Roget 21:
copy,
facsimile,
counterpart,
effigies,
effigy,
form,
likeness.
image,
picture,
photo,
xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype†,
photo offset,
electrotype;
imitation
etc.
19;
model,
representation,
adumbration,
study;
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
resemblance.
duplicate,
reproduction;
cast,
tracing;
reflex,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
shadow,
echo.
transcript
[copy into a non-visual form],
transcription;
recording,
scan.
chip off the old block;
reprint,
new printing;
rechauffe [Fr.];
apograph†,
fair copy.
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†,
paraphrase.
[copy with some differences]
derivative,
derivation,
modification,
expansion,
extension,
revision;
second edition
etc.
(repetition)
104.
servile copy,
servile imitation;
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake
etc.
(deception)
545;
pasticcio†.
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Roget 19:
imitation;
copying
etc.
v.;
transcription;
repetition,
duplication,
reduplication;
quotation;
reproduction;
mimeograph,
xerox,
facsimile;
reprint,
offprint.
mockery,
mimicry;
simulation,
impersonation,
personation;
representation
etc.
554;
semblance;
copy
etc.
21;
assimilation.
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature
etc.
21.
plagiarism;
forgery,
counterfeit
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
celluloid.
imitator,
echo,
cuckoo†,
parrot,
ape,
monkey,
mocking bird,
mime;
copyist,
copycat;
plagiarist,
pirate.
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Dutch: procreatie, propagatie, reproductie, reproduktie, vermenigvuldiging, voortplanting
Polish: rozród, propagacja, prokreacja, pomnażanie, rozmnażanie
2 reproduction
Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall.
synonym: reproductive memory.
3 reproduction
Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied.
synonyms: replica, replication.
Dutch: kopie, replica
Polish: replika
4 reproduction
The act of making copies:
— Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient.
synonym: replication.
Polish: reprodukowanie, reprodukcja
5 reproduction
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring.
synonyms: breeding, facts of life, procreation.
Dutch: procreatie, propagatie, reproductie, reproduktie, vermenigvuldiging, voortplanting
Polish: reprodukcja, rozpłód
Moby thesaurus: abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print, breeding, budding, burgeoning, burlesque, carbon, carbon copy, clone, collage, color print, conduplication, copy, copying, counterpart, cyclorama, daub, development, diptych, ditto, double, doubling, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, echo, engraving, excrescence, facsimile, fresco, fructification, gemination, gemmation, germination, growth, hectography, icon, illumination, illustration, image, imitation, ingemination, iteration, knockoff, likeness, maturation, mimeography, miniature, mock-up, model, montage, mosaic, multiplication, mural, outgrowth, overgrowth, panorama, paraphrase, parody, photograph, picture, plagiarism, print, printing, procreation, production, proliferation, prolification, propagation, pullulation, quadruplicate, quotation, reappearance, rebirth, recurrence, redoubling, reduplication, reecho, regurgitation, reincarnation, reiteration, renewal, reoccurrence, repetition, replica, replication, representation, reprography, resumption, return, rubbing, spawning, sprouting, stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, tapestry, tracing, transcription, travesty, triplicate, triptych, twin, twinning, upgrowth, vegetation, version, wall painting, xerography ... show more.
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