Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which reproduces.
- noun Specifically The diaphragm used in reproducing speech in the phonograph.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, reproduces.
- noun In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- noun In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
reproduces .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
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Examples
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For them, a reproducer is the “target of selection”.
Replication Hull, David 2008
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What Behe did was look at a well studied fast reproducer under various selection pressures to see what positive results were produced by trial and error.
Behe's Test 2008
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What Behe did was look at a well studied fast reproducer under various selection pressures to see what positive results were produced by trial and error.
Behe's Test 2008
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While the list doesn't seem to be in any particular order, right out of the shoot, items 5-9 lament that we know as much as we do about the sex life of four men (a TV personality, a sports superstar, and two politicians) and a female body part of a superstar reproducer.
Trish Kinney: Sex Is a Big Winner on Arianna's List, 2009: The Things I Want to Forget 2010
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So forgive me for being analytical, brutal - not a news release reproducer
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It could be a scale-reproducer, laying eggs on diseased plants where there will be lots of food for the kiddies.
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A reproducer is an entity that develops and has a material overlap between the “parent” and
Replication Hull, David 2008
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Unlike Dawkins 'replicator concept, which Griesemer believes is based on a similarity relationship of “copying”, a reproducer requires material overlap of systems.
Replication Hull, David 2008
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Maynard Smith and Szathmáry first published a definition of reproducer, based on Griesemer's definition
Replication Hull, David 2008
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Hello? there is somebody can help me? it is that the code of template does not go… when placing it in blog does not leave template Ratatouille, leaves a species video reproducer.
Ratatouille 2007
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