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plural repros
- abbreviationclippingcountableClipping of reproduction.
- abbreviationclippinguncountableClipping of reprography.
There has also been a shift in the places where repro is carried out.
2014, Helmut Kipphan, Handbook of Print Media: Technologies and Production Methods, page 526 - countableuncountablemediaThe proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page.
This reproduction proof, commonly called the repro, is sent to the designer for pasting on to the mechanical.
1982, David Gates, Graphic Design Studio Procedures, page 1241 more example
This will be a complete image of the advertisement, with all the elements correctly positioned and every word of copy printed and pasted down; such printed type (called 'repro') is obtained from a blockmaking and typesetting house by the typographer in exactly the same way that he will obtain the proof of a letterpress advertisement.
2013, W. A. Evans, Advertising Today and Tomorrow - countableinformaluncountablecomputingA method for reproducing a bug or problem.
Here's a simple repro that illustrates what I'm seeing...
2014, S, “Memory bloat in Celery worker (with minimal repro)”, in celery-users mailing list
present singular third person repros · participle present reproing · participle past reproed · past reproed
- informalcomputingTo reproduce (a bug or problem).
We cannot repro the bug in the latest version, so we are marking it as fixed.
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repro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repro
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