propagation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: propagation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for propagation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
propagation n the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions Synonym(s): propagation, extension the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production Synonym(s): generation, multiplication, propagation the movement of a wave through a medium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Propagation \Prop`aga"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.