A Topical Dictionary: Search for propagation

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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪʃǝn|-eɪʃǝn

Noun

propagation

the multiplication or natural increase in a population
the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number
the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave
the elongation part of transcription
winning new converts
some degree of success in the spread of propaganda

Translations

Finnish: lisääntyminen

Italian: propagazione

Italian: propagazione

Finnish: eteneminen

Italian: propagazione

Derived terms

fr:propagation io:propagation id:propagation hu:propagation nl:propagation ru:propagation ta:propagation te:propagation vi:propagation zh:propagation

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Propagation \Prop`a*ga"tion\, n. [L. propagatio: cf. F.
propagation.]
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1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of
the kind by generation or successive production; as, the
propagation of animals or plants.
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There is not in nature any spontaneous generation,
but all come by propagation. --Ray.
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2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything;
diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound;
the propagation of the gospel. --Bacon.
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WordNet propagation
n 1: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new
regions [syn: extension]
2: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such
production [syn: generation, multiplication]
3: the movement of a wave through a medium

Moby Dictionary
airing , attenuation , bandying , begetting , book , breeding ,
broadcast , broadcasting , bruiting , bruiting about , circulation ,
circumfusion , crossbreeding , diffraction , diffusion , dilution ,
dispensation , dispersal , dispersion , display , dissemination ,
dissipation , dissogeny , distribution , divergence , endogamy ,
engenderment , evaporation , evulgation , expansion , fragmentation ,
generation , inbreeding , issuance , issue , linebreeding ,
multiplication , outbreeding , peppering , periodical , printing ,
procreation , proliferation , promulgation , publication , publishing ,
radiation , scattering , scatterment , shotgun pattern , sowing ,
spattering , splay , spread , spreading , spreading abroad , sprinkling ,
strewing , telecasting , ventilation , volatilization , xenogamy