Other forms: reproductions
Reproduction is the producing of young, and also a copy of an original work. Sexual reproduction, a reproduction of the painting, reproduction furniture.
In biology it divides into sexual, which mixes two sets of genes, and asexual, which copies one — and almost everything about how species change follows from that difference. In art and antiques a reproduction is a copy of an older design, and the trade distinguishes an honest reproduction, sold as what it is, from a fake, which is sold as the original. Note reproduce, reproductive.
1nounreproductionThe producing of young.
“Bees play an important part in the reproduction of many plants.”
2nounoriginalA copy of an original work.
“The painting in our hall is only a reproduction; the original is in a museum in Paris.”
3nounpieceAn honest copy of an older design.
“The shop sells reproduction Victorian furniture at much lower prices than real antiques.”
Latin
prōductiō
Old French
production
Middle English
produccioun
English
production
English, today
reproduction
From re- + production. production comes from Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō. From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin productio (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produce + tion. See produce.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA