Dictionary Definition
propagation
Noun
1 the spreading of something (a belief or
practice) into new regions [syn: extension]
2 the act of producing offspring or multiplying
by such production [syn: generation, multiplication]
3 the movement of a wave through a medium
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
propagation- the multiplication or natural increase in a population
- the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number
- the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave
- the elongation part of transcription
- winning new converts
- some degree of success in the spread of propaganda
Translations
the multiplication or natural increase in a
population
- Finnish: lisääntyminen
- Italian: propagazione
the dissemination of something to a larger area
or greater number
- Italian: propagazione
the act of propagating, especially the movement
of a wave
- Finnish: eteneminen
- Italian: propagazione
the elongation part of transcription
winning new converts
some degree of success in the spread of
propaganda
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Propagation can refer to:
- Reproduction,
and other forms of multiplication or increase
- Plant propagation, the production of more plants by seeds, cuttings, grafting or other methods
- Propagation of schema, in artificial reproduction
- Wave propagation, the motion of waves
- Radio propagation, the application of wave propagation to radio communications
- in chemistry, a description of the catalytically-driven process of polymer elongation
- Software propagation, the distribution of free software in a manner explicitly permitted under the applicable license
- Proselytisation, the practice of attempting to convert people to another opinion, usually another religion
- Propagation (album), a 1994 album by Robert Rich
- Propaganda
propagation in German: Propagation
propagation in French: Propagation
propagation in Dutch: Propagatie
propagation in Polish: Propagacja
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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