Hypertext Webster Gateway: "propagation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Propagation \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
propagation
n 1: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new
regions [syn: {extension}]
2: the act of propagating [syn: {generation}, {multiplication}]
3: the movement of a wave through a medium
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