propagation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The multiplication or natural increase in a population.

   Plant propagation.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave.

   Radio propagation varies with atmospheric conditions.

3. 3
   noun

   the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

4. 4
   noun

   the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

From Middle French propagation, from Old French propagacion, from Latin propagatio. Morphologically propagate + -ion.

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