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reproduction

reproduction

2 6.0
The act of remembering and saying or writing something exactly as you learned it
  • noun
  • /ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reproducción
  • To study memory retrieval, the researcher asked the students to provide a reproduction of the images they had learned earlier.
  • motor reproduction

Examples

  • In memory research, the participant's ability to recall details was tested by using a reproduction of the original text.

  • The experiment focused on how accurate the reproduction of visual stimuli could affect memory retention.

  • Words and mechanical reproduction come into play.

    Academic text (2003)
  • - This is supposed to be a reproduction of an experiment that does not involve people screaming.

  • Viewing angles, color reproduction, and resolution are in a class of their own.

    Blog text (23)
  • No doubt other readers will respond to the reproduction of these watercolors in other ways.

    Academic text (1997)
  • It's a coldly accurate reproduction of what science thinks went on during the first few billion years of this planet's existence.

  • Due to our numbers, our interchangeability, and our ease of reproduction, we are quite fatalistic about individual life.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • For those who felt the goal was flawless, fluent oral reproduction of the graphic input, basic skills worked well.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Many of the presidential websites contain information about exhibits and collections, but the digital reproductions of the materials aren't available through the Internet.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

recall
vsreproduction
25 2.8

Ability to remember things you learned

focuses on playing back the original stimulus rather than effortful retrieval
retention
vsreproduction
11 4.6

Ability to remember information or past events

is the act of playing back information not the ongoing ability
retrieval
vsreproduction
  • Specialized
4 4.6

Finding information in your memory, for example a word when you speak

involves playing back the original stimulus rather than general access to memory
reproductive memory
vsreproduction
  • Specialized
8.4

A way of remembering that makes an exact copy of the original experience

is the technical term for the same process rather than the memory label
retentivity
vsreproduction
  • Specialized
8.6

The ability to remember and keep information or past experiences

is the process of playing back data not the lasting capacity to hold it

Compounds

sexual reproduction
  • Specialized
3 3.4

A way plants and animals make seeds or babies when male and female cells join

asexual reproduction
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A way of making new living things from one parent without sex that makes identical copies

sound reproduction
  • Specialized
1 4.6

To play recorded sound so it sounds like the original

reproduction cost
  • Specialized
6.9

Money needed to make an exact copy of a building or item after reducing for loss in value

How Accurate

reproduction
  • Specialized
2 6.0
recall
25 2.8

Surface Forms

reproduction singular
reproductions plural

Morphology

reproduction = reproduce (semi-transparent) = reproduce + ion

The formation is regular, but the technical memory/experimental usage may be less familiar to some learners.

Etymology

Reproduction comes from re- 'again' and produce 'to make', the same root as the common word product. So to reproduce a memory is to 'make it again' or 'bring it back' in your mind.