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

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