reproduce
verb (used with object)
to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of.
self-reproducing
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a word derived from
reproduce.
Example Sentences
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"But that something can't happen just once. Life comes down to chemistry and conditions that can generate a self-reproducing pattern of reactions."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
Koonin argued for a somewhat more expensive definition, suggesting: "A life form is a self-reproducing system of chemical reactions endowed with a dedicated, replicating memory storage device that directs the formation of the system's components."
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
Because infant mortality among enslaved people in the Caribbean was rampant, the enslaved population was not self-reproducing, and slaveholders had to buy more people each year to maintain their labor force.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
You might reply that a single rabbit is in fact alive, because it belongs to a self-reproducing species.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2021
We do deny that...geneticists will see genes under the microscope....The hereditary basis does not lie in some special self-reproducing substance.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
