Thesaurus: propagation

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1. n. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.
2. n. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel.
3. n. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
4. n. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
5. n. the movement of a wave through a medium
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions n. the movement of a wave through a medium