| NOUN | communication | propagation, extension | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
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| act | propagation, generation, multiplication | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | |
| phenomenon | propagation | the movement of a wave through a medium |
| Sounds | praa.pahgey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions. | |
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| Synonym | extension | |
| Broader | dissemination, airing, public exposure, spreading | The opening of a subject / subject to widespread discussion and debate |
| Spanish | propagación | |
| Catalan | propagació | |
| Verbs | propagate | cause to become widely known |
| propagate | transmit or cause to broaden or spread | |
| Meaning | The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. | |
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| Synonyms | generation, multiplication | |
| Narrower | biogenesis, biogeny | The production of living organisms from other living organisms |
| Broader | reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life | The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| Spanish | generación, multiplicación, propagación | |
| Catalan | generació, multiplicació, propagació | |
| Adjectives | propagative | characterized by propagation / propagation or relating to propagation / propagation |
| Verbs | propagate | multiply sexually or asexually |
| propagate | cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering | |
| propagate | transmit from one generation to the next | |
| Meaning | The movement of a wave through a medium. | |
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| Narrower | Doppler effect, Doppler shift | change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other |
| red shift, redshift | (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum) | |
| wave front | All the points just reached by a wave as it propagates / propagates | |
| Broader | physical phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
| Spanish | propagación | |
| Catalan | propagació | |
| Verbs | propagate | transmit |
| propagate | travel through the air | |
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