propagation
IPA: prɑpʌgˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- the multiplication or natural increase in a population
- the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number
- (physics) the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave
- (genetics) the elongation part of transcription
- (religion) winning new converts
- some degree of success in the spread of propaganda
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Examples of "propagation" in Sentences
- They will reverently call their propagation and plagues "acts of God."
- This feature also allows the definition and propagation of higher-order laser modes.
- A theoretical picture of the behavior of such a light field on propagation is shown below:
- Therefore the manner of the said propagation is (as it were) by real Production or Creation; so that as
- "The next step is to make these cells suitable for long-term propagation, so they can be used in therapies."
- Christianity throughout the whole course of its progress from the Redeemer's personal teaching to the present has been characterized by this method of propagation, that is, it has been spread abroad by preaching.
- It instantly struck me that this individual would be an excellent assistant in the work which had brought me to Seville, namely the propagation of the eternal Gospel; and accordingly after some more conversation, in which he exhibited considerable learning, I explained myself to him.
- They through Ishmael, the Jews through Isaac, and more immediately through Israel the son of Isaac, were two diverging branches of one original stem; and to both was pronounced a corresponding doom -- a sentence which argued in both a principle of duration and self-propagation, that is memorable in any race.
- The mode of its propagation is explained by the remark of Procopius himself, that it always spread from the sea-coast to the inland country: the most sequestered islands and mountains were successively visited; the places which had escaped the fury of its first passage were alone exposed to the contagion of the ensuing year.
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