reproduction
When animals, plants, or people make babies or new individuals of the same kind.
The natural process by which living organisms produce new individuals of the same species.
Something made to look exactly like another thing.
An exact or close copy of something, especially an artwork, document, or object.
When sound, pictures, or video are copied or played again from a recording.
The act or process of playing back or duplicating recorded sound, images, or video.
- Base: reproduction
- Plural: reproduction, reproductions
asexual reproduction
1One-parent biological reproduction process
When one living thing makes a new one without another parent.
- Bacteria often reproduce by asexual reproduction.
- Some plants can grow new ones through asexual reproduction.
faithful reproduction
1Highly accurate copy of original item
A copy that is very close to the real thing.
- This is a faithful reproduction of the original manuscript.
- The craftsman made a faithful reproduction of the antique table.
sexual reproduction
1Two-parent biological reproduction process
When two living things make a baby by joining their special cells together.
- Sexual reproduction increases genetic diversity in populations.
- Flowers use sexual reproduction through pollination.