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Meaning of DISSEMINATION

Pronunciation:  d`is`emun'eyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
  2. [n]  the property of being diffused or dispersed
  3. [n]  the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
 
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 Synonyms: airing, diffusion, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, public exposure, spreading
 
 See Also: circulation, crop-dusting, dispersion, distribution, extension, propagation, spraying, spread, spreading, transmission

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dis*sem`i*na"tion\, n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F.
diss['e]mination.]
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated;
diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or
spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
      The universal dissemination of those writings.
                                               --Wayland.
 
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 Related Terms: airing, attenuation, bandying, book, broadcast, broadcasting, bruiting, bruiting about, circulation, circumfusion, communication, conduction, contagion, convection, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffraction, diffusion, dilution, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, display, dissipation, distribution, divergence, evaporation, evulgation, expansion, export, exportation, expulsion, extradition, fragmentation, import, importation, insemination, interchange, issuance, issue, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer, osmosis, passage, passing over, peppering, perfusion, periodical, planting, printing, promulgation, propagation, publication, publishing, radiation, reforestation, resetting, retimbering, scattering, scatterment, seeding, semination, setting, shotgun pattern, sowing, spattering, splay, spread, spreading, spreading abroad, sprinkling, strewing, telecasting, transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transfusion, transit, transition, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transposition, travel, ventilation, volatilization
 

 

 

 

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