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REPRODUCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Synonyms:
breeding; facts of life; procreation; reproduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reproduction" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reproduction"):
crossbreeding; interbreeding; miscegenation (reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons))
generation; multiplication; propagation (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)
Derivation:
reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of making copies
Example:
Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient
Synonyms:
replication; reproduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reproduction" is a kind of...):
copying (an act of copying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reproduction"):
scanning (the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission)
sound reproduction (the reproduction of sound)
Derivation:
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
Synonyms:
replica; replication; reproduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("reproduction" is a kind of...):
copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reproduction"):
toy (a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
Synonyms:
reproduction; reproductive memory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reproduction" is a kind of...):
recall; recollection; reminiscence (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))
Sense 5
Meaning:
The process of generating offspring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("reproduction" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Meronyms (parts of "reproduction"):
birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reproduction"):
agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)
amphimixis; sexual reproduction (reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete)
Derivation:
reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)
Context examples:
Female internal and external organs of reproduction.
(Female Genitalia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The present discovery opens a new way to understand plant reproduction and, therefore, plant evolution.
(Some plants are capable of ‘rubbing’ themselves for hours in order to achieve self fertilization, University of Granada)
These hormones are involved in reproduction.
(GnRH, NCI Dictionary)
“Instead, reproduction appears to have been the main reason that life on Earth got big when it did.”
(Why life on Earth first got big, University of Cambridge)
Offspring; the product of reproduction or replication.
(Offspring, NCI Dictionary)
They include growth problems (in children), obesity (in adults), hair loss, slow heart rate, low blood sugar, low blood pressure, fatigue, and problems with reproduction.
(Panhypopituitarism, NCI Dictionary)
Such selection tends to occur by way of sexual reproduction.
(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)
All the organs involved in reproduction and the formation and release of URINE.
(Murine Genitourinary System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is a thousand pities that we have not a reproduction of those which were done in chalk upon the window-sill.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The termination of the cell's ability to carry out vital functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, responsiveness, and adaptability.
(Cell Death Process, NCI Thesaurus)
