propagation

English

Etymology

From Middle French propagation, from Old French propagacion, from Latin propagatio. Morphologically propagate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɒpəˈɡeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑpəˈɡeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

propagation (countable and uncountable, plural propagations)

1. The multiplication or natural increase in a population.

   plant propagation

2. The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number.

   The farmer specialized in the propagation of rare orchids.

   1. (religion) The winning of new converts.
3. (physics) The act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave.

   Radio propagation varies with atmospheric conditions.

4. (genetics) The elongation part of transcription.

Derived terms

• antipropagation
• backpropagation
• copropagation
• micropropagation
• nonpropagation
• propagational
• propagation constant
• propagation delay
• propagation mode
• propagation time
• proplifting
• repropagation

Translations

the multiplication or natural increase in a population

• Bulgarian: размножение (bg) n (razmnoženie)
• Catalan: propagació f
• Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi)
• Galician: propagación (gl) f
• Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) (anaparagogí)
• Indonesian: pembiakan (id), perbanyakan (id), pengembangbiakan, propagasi
• Italian: propagazione (it) f
• Malay: pembiakan (ms)
• Māori: whakamakurutanga
• Portuguese: propagação (pt) f
• Russian: размноже́ние (ru) n (razmnožénije), воспроизведе́ние (ru) n (vosproizvedénije)
• Spanish: propagación (es) f

the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number

• Bulgarian: разпространение (bg) n (razprostranenie)
• Catalan: propagació f
• Finnish: leviäminen (fi), levittäytyminen (fi), levittäminen (fi)
• Indonesian: perbanyakan (id)
• Italian: propagazione (it) f
• Malay: penyebaran
• Portuguese: propagação (pt) f
• Russian: распростране́ние (ru) n (rasprostranénije)
• Spanish: propagación (es) f

the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave

• Bulgarian: разпространение (bg) n (razprostranenie)
• Finnish: eteneminen (fi)
• Greek: διάδοση (el) f (diádosi)
• Indonesian: propagasi, rambatan (id), perambatan (id)
• Italian: propagazione (it) f
• Malay: perambatan, rambatan, pembiakan (ms)
• Portuguese: propagação (pt) f
• Russian: распростране́ние (ru) n (rasprostranénije)

the elongation part of transcription

winning new converts

• Finnish: käännyttäminen (fi)
• Indonesian: penyebaran (id)
• Malay: pendakwahan

French

Etymology

From Latin prōpāgātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

propagation f (plural propagations)

1. propagation

Related terms

• propager

Further reading

• “propagation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012