Meaning of PROPAGATION
| Pronunciation: | | `prâpu'geyshun
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- [n] the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- [n] the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- [n] the movement of a wave through a medium
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| | Synonyms: | | extension, generation, multiplication |
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| | See Also: | | airing, biogenesis, biogeny, breeding, dissemination, Doppler effect, Doppler shift, facts of life, physical phenomenon, procreation, public exposure, reproduction, spreading, wave front | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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