reproducción

Definitions of reproducción
  1. noun
    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
    synonyms: procreación
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    types:
    cruce, mestizaje
    reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
    generación, multiplicación, propagación
    the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
    biogénesis
    the production of living organisms from other living organisms
    type of:
    actividad sexual, sexo
    activities associated with sexual intercourse
  2. noun
    the act of making copies
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    types:
    alta fidelidad, fidelidad
    the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion
    type of:
    copiado, mimetización, traslación
    an act of copying
  3. noun
    copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
    synonyms: réplica
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    type of:
    copia
    a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
  4. noun
    happening again (especially at regular intervals)
    synonyms: reaparición, recurrencia, recursividad, repetición
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    types:
    atavismo
    a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
    type of:
    repe, repetición, reposición, retransmisión
    an event that repeats
  5. noun
    the process of generating offspring
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    types:
    cierne
    reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
    fisión
    reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts
    type of:
    proceso biológico
    a process occurring in living organisms
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