propagation
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regionsSynonyms: extension
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such productionSynonyms: generationmultiplication
- the movement of a wave through a medium
Webster's Dictionary (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]