antipropagation

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ propagation.

Adjective

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antipropagation (comparative more antipropagation, superlative most antipropagation)

  1. Preventing or opposing propagation.
    • 1909, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Report of the Board of Regents: Volume 63:
      Many more pools will, of course, be found; but, nevertheless, I infer that the amount of breeding surface per square mile of country is extremely small, so that antipropagation measures ought to be correspondingly cheap.