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breeding
Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior.
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  1. Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior.
  2. The propagation of animals or plants:
  3. One's line of descent; ancestry:
propagation
Reproduction or multiplication, as of a plant or animal
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  1. Reproduction or multiplication, as of a plant or animal
  2. A spreading, as of ideas, customs, etc.
  3. (Physics) The act or process of propagating, especially the process by which a disturbance, such as the motion of electromagnetic or sound waves, is transmitted through a medium such as air or water.
generation
Any of the stages of successive improvement in the development of a product, system, etc.
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  1. Any of the stages of successive improvement in the development of a product, system, etc.
  2. The people born and living about the same time, considered as a group:
  3. (Biology) A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism:
proliferation
(Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
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  1. (Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  2. (Uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
  3. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
multiplication
Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
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  1. Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
  2. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
  3. A mathematical operation performed on a pair of numbers in order to derive a third number called a product. For positive integers, multiplication consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a specified number of times. Thus multiplying 6 by 3 means adding 6 to itself three times. The operation of multiplication is extended to other real numbers according to the rules governing the multiplicative properties of positive integers.
duplication
The act or procedure of duplicating.
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  1. The act or procedure of duplicating.
  2. The formation of such a duplication.
  3. (Genetics) The occurrence of a repeated section of genetic material in a chromosome.
copying
(Countable) an instance of the making of a copy
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  1. (Countable) an instance of the making of a copy
  2. (Uncountable) the practice of making one or more copies
printing
(Uncountable) Written characters that are not joined up.
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  1. (Uncountable) Written characters that are not joined up.
  2. All the copies of a publication, such as a book, that are printed at one time.
  3. The art, process, or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or by similar means.
reduplication
The product or result of reduplicating.
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  1. The product or result of reduplicating.
  2. Something produced by reduplicating, as a word containing a reduplicated element
  3. The added element in a word form that is reduplicated.
replication
In scientific research, the repetition of an experiment to confirm findings or to ensure accuracy.
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  1. In scientific research, the repetition of an experiment to confirm findings or to ensure accuracy.
  2. (Statistics) The exact duplication of an experiment for verification, criticism, or extension of previous results
  3. The process by which genetic material, a single-celled organism, or a virus reproduces or makes a copy of itself.
transcription
A recording made for radio or television broadcasting
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  1. A recording made for radio or television broadcasting
  2. The process in a cell by which genetic material is copied from a strand of DNA to a complementary strand of RNA (called messenger RNA ). In eukaryotes, transcription takes place in the nucleus before messenger RNA is transported to the ribosomes for protein synthesis.
  3. An arrangement of a piece of music for an instrument, voice, or ensemble other than that for which it was originally written
photocopying
The process by which photocopies are made.
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  1. The process by which photocopies are made.
photography
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
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  1. The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
  2. The art, practice, or occupation of taking and printing photographs.
  3. The art or process of capturing images, either on light-sensitive film or electronically in digital form, from which viewable pictures can be produced; activity of someone who uses a camera
xerography
A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed
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  1. A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed
  2. A process for copying printed material, pictures, etc. onto paper, in which a latent image of the original material is transferred by the action of light onto an electrically charged surface to which the image attracts oppositely charged dry ink particles: the particles are then fused into place on the copy paper, reproducing the original image
reenactment
The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event.
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  1. The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event.
revival
The act or an instance of reviving:
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  1. The act or an instance of reviving:
  2. A meeting or series of meetings for the purpose of reawakening religious faith, often characterized by impassioned preaching and public testimony.
  3. A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor after a period of obscurity or quiescence:
renewal
An instance of renewing, or something renewed
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  1. An instance of renewing, or something renewed
  2. The act of renewing or the state of having been renewed.
  3. (Fencing) An offensive action made immediately after a parried one
portrayal
A representation or description:
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  1. A representation or description:
  2. The act or process of portraying someone or something:
  3. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
imitation
The result or product of imitating; artificial likeness; copy
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  1. The result or product of imitating; artificial likeness; copy
  2. (Music) The repetition in close succession of a theme or theme fragment in a different voice: used often as a technique of counterpoint
  3. (Philos.) In Platonism, the process wherein sensible objects imperfectly embody unchanging, immaterial models or archetypes
imitation
Something derived or copied from an original, often in an inferior way:
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  1. Something derived or copied from an original, often in an inferior way:
  2. (Music) Repetition of a phrase or melody often with variations in key, rhythm, and voice.
  3. (Music) The repetition in close succession of a theme or theme fragment in a different voice: used often as a technique of counterpoint
duplicate
(Games) A card game in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end.
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  1. (Games) A card game in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end.
  2. One that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original.
  3. An exact copy or reproduction; replica; facsimile
print
A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure:
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  1. A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure:
  2. Text, lettering, or other marks produced in ink from type as by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer:
  3. The pattern itself:
offprint
A separate reprint of an article, etc. that first appeared in a magazine or other larger publication
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  1. A separate reprint of an article, etc. that first appeared in a magazine or other larger publication
  2. A reproduction of or an excerpt from an article that was originally contained in a larger publication.
  3. A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication
photograph
An image or picture made by photography
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  1. An image or picture made by photography
  2. An image, especially a positive print, recorded by exposing a photosensitive surface to light, especially in a camera.
  3. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
photocopy
A photographic or xerographic reproduction.
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  1. A photographic or xerographic reproduction.
  2. A copy of printed or other graphic material made by a device (photocopier) which photographically reproduces the original
photostat
A copy made with such a device.
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  1. A copy made with such a device.
  2. A photographic device for making positive or negative copies of graphic matter.
  3. A device for making photocopies on special paper
photoengraving
The process of reproducing graphic material by transferring the image photographically to a plate or another surface, which is then etched for printing.
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  1. The process of reproducing graphic material by transferring the image photographically to a plate or another surface, which is then etched for printing.
  2. (Countable) A plate or reproduction made using this process
  3. (Uncountable) A process of transferring a photographic image onto a plate which is then etched and printed
photogram
An image produced without a camera by placing an object on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light.
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  1. An image produced without a camera by placing an object on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light.
  2. A photograph.
rotogravure
A printing process using photogravure cylinders on a rotary press
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  1. A printing process using photogravure cylinders on a rotary press
  2. Printed material, such as a newspaper section, produced by this process.
  3. An intaglio printing process in which letters and pictures are transferred from an etched copper cylinder to a web of paper, plastic, or similar material in a rotary press.
telephoto
A telephoto lens.
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  1. A telephoto lens.
  2. A photograph taken through a telephoto lens.
  3. A photograph made with a telephoto lens; a telephotograph.
wirephoto
A photograph so produced
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  1. A photograph so produced
  2. A system of reproducing photographs at a distance by means of electric impulses transmitted by wire
blowup
(Informal) An angry or hysterical outburst
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  1. (Informal) An angry or hysterical outburst
  2. A photographic enlargement.
  3. An enlarged photograph
x-ray
A stream of electromagnetic waves within this band: X-rays are capable of penetrating opaque or solid substances, ionizing gases, and, by extended exposure, destroying organic tissue: they are widely used in medicine for diagnosis and treatment of certain organic disorders
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  1. A stream of electromagnetic waves within this band: X-rays are capable of penetrating opaque or solid substances, ionizing gases, and, by extended exposure, destroying organic tissue: they are widely used in medicine for diagnosis and treatment of certain organic disorders
  2. The act or process of taking such a photograph:
  3. Alternative spelling of X-ray.
radiograph
A picture produced on a sensitized film or plate by X-rays
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  1. A picture produced on a sensitized film or plate by X-rays
  2. An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than normal light; especially an X-ray photograph
radiogram
A message sent by radio
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  1. A message sent by radio
  2. A message, like a telegram, transmitted by radio rather than wires.
  3. An entertainment device that combined a radio and a record player or gramophone.
skiagraph
Radiograph
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  1. Radiograph
  2. (Physics) Alternative form of sciagraph.
  3. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
skiagram
A picture or photograph made up of shadows or outlines.
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  1. A picture or photograph made up of shadows or outlines.
  2. A picture or image created from shadows, especially with X-rays.
shadowgraph
An image produced by casting a shadow on a screen.
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  1. An image produced by casting a shadow on a screen.
  2. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
  3. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
pic
A movie.
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  1. A movie.
  2. (Informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
  3. A photograph.
roto
(Short for) rotogravure
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  1. (Short for) rotogravure
  2. (US, informal) Rotisserie League Baseball
pix
(Informal) Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture".
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  1. (Informal) Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture".
  2. Motion pictures; movies
  3. Photographs
carbon copy
Any duplicate.
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  1. Any duplicate.
  2. Any person or thing very much like another
  3. A copy of a document made by using a photocopier or similar mechanism.
copy
One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording:
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  1. One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording:
  2. A thing made just like another; imitation of an original; full reproduction or transcription
  3. Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
duplicate
One that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original.
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  1. One that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original.
  2. An identical copy; a facsimile.
  3. An exact copy or reproduction; replica; facsimile
facsimile
The transmission and reproduction of graphic matter by electrical means, as by radio or wire
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  1. The transmission and reproduction of graphic matter by electrical means, as by radio or wire
  2. An exact copy or reproduction, as of a document.
image
A representation of the form of a person or object, such as a painting or photograph.
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  1. A representation of the form of a person or object, such as a painting or photograph.
  2. The concept or character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media:
  3. A vivid description or representation in words, especially a metaphor or simile:
likeness
A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image.
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  1. A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image.
  2. A similar appearance; a semblance.
  3. (The same) form or shape; semblance
reduplication
The product or result of reduplicating.
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  1. The product or result of reduplicating.
  2. Something produced by reduplicating, as a word containing a reduplicated element
  3. The element added in a reduplicated word form
replica
Any very close reproduction or copy; facsimile
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  1. Any very close reproduction or copy; facsimile
  2. A copy or reproduction, especially one on a scale smaller than the original.
  3. A reproduction or copy of a work of art, esp. a copy by the maker of the original
replication
A copy or reproduction:
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  1. A copy or reproduction:
  2. (--- Biology) The process by which genetic material, a single-celled organism, or a virus reproduces or makes a copy of itself.
  3. Copy; reproduction.
simulacrum
A vague representation; semblance
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  1. A vague representation; semblance
  2. A faint trace or semblance.
  3. An image; likeness
simulacre
A simulacrum.
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  1. A simulacrum.
counterpart
One of two parts that fit and complete each other.
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  1. One of two parts that fit and complete each other.
  2. A person or thing that corresponds to or closely resembles another, as in form or function
  3. A copy or duplicate, as of a lease
breeding
The production of offspring or young:
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  1. The production of offspring or young:
  2. Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior.
  3. The propagation of animals or plants:
multiplication
The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
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  1. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
  2. A mathematical operation performed on a pair of numbers in order to derive a third number called a product. For positive integers, multiplication consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a specified number of times. Thus multiplying 6 by 3 means adding 6 to itself three times. The operation of multiplication is extended to other real numbers according to the rules governing the multiplicative properties of positive integers.
  3. Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
proliferation
(Countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
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  1. (Countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  2. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  3. (Uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
propagation
The process of spreading to a larger area or greater number; dissemination.
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  1. The process of spreading to a larger area or greater number; dissemination.
  2. (Physics) The act or process of propagating, especially the process by which a disturbance, such as the motion of electromagnetic or sound waves, is transmitted through a medium such as air or water.
  3. Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction.
increase
The amount or rate by which something is increased:
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  1. The amount or rate by which something is increased:
  2. An increasing or becoming increased
  3. The act of increasing:
Find another word for reproduction. In this page you can discover 76 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reproduction, like: procreation, breeding, propagation, generation, proliferation, multiplication, duplication, copying, printing, reprinting and reduplication.

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  • Reproduction by budding also occurs.

  • The individual is the product of sexual reproduction; a person is an individual of lower rank, which may be produced asexually.

  • Reproduction and Ontogeny of the Hydromedusae.

  • The marble ciborium, a small reproduction of the splendid one in S.

  • Nearly every possible method of reproduction occurs amongst the Hydromedusae.

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