proliferation

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[edit] Etymology

From proliferate +‎ -ation.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
proliferation

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural proliferations

proliferation (countable and uncountable; plural proliferations)

  1. (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  4. (uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.

[edit] Translations

the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
the act of increasing or rising
the result of building up
the spread of weapons of mass destruction
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