'Propagation' definitions:
Definition of 'propagation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: propagation, extension]
noun
The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production [syn: generation, multiplication, propagation]
noun
The movement of a wave through a medium
Definition of 'Propagation'
From: GCIDE
- Propagation \Prop`a*ga"tion\, n. [L. propagatio: cf. F. propagation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants. [1913 Webster]
- There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'propagation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airing,
- attenuation,
- bandying,
- begetting,
- book,
- breeding,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- bruiting,
- bruiting about,
- circulation,
- circumfusion,
- crossbreeding,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilution,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- display,
- dissemination,
- dissipation,
- dissogeny,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- endogamy,
- engenderment,
- evaporation,
- evulgation,
- expansion,
- fragmentation,
- generation,
- inbreeding,
- issuance,
- issue,
- linebreeding,
- multiplication,
- outbreeding,
- peppering,
- periodical,
- printing,
- procreation,
- proliferation,
- promulgation,
- publication,
- publishing,
- radiation,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- shotgun pattern,
- sowing,
- spattering,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- spreading abroad,
- sprinkling,
- strewing,
- telecasting,
- ventilation,
- volatilization,
- xenogamy