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propagation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Propagation \Prop`a*ga"tion\, n. [L. propagatio: cf F. propagation.] 1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as the propagation of animals or plants. There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. --Ray. 2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything diffusion; dissemination; as the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: propagation n 1: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: {extension}] 2: the act of propagating [syn: {generation}, {multiplication}] 3: the movement of a wave through a medium
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