self-propagation
əˈgeɪ noun
1.
the act of propagating.
2.
the fact of being propagated.
3.
multiplication by natural reproduction.
4.
transmission or dissemination.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | biology to reproduce or cause to reproduce; breed |
| 2. | (tr) horticulture to produce (plants) by layering, grafting, cuttings, etc |
| 3. | (tr) to promulgate; disseminate |
| 4. | physics to move through, cause to move through, or transmit, esp in the form of a wave: to propagate sound |
| 5. | (tr) to transmit (characteristics) from one generation to the next |
| [C16: from Latin propāgāre to increase (plants) by cuttings, from propāgēs a cutting, from pangere to fasten] | |
| propa'gation | |
| —n | |
| propa'gational | |
| —adj | |
| 'propagative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
propagation
mid-15c., from O.Fr. propagacion (13c.), from L. propagationem (nom. propagatio) "a propagation, extension," noun of action from propagare "multiply plants by layers, breed," from propago (gen. propaginis) "that which propagates, offspring," from pro- "forth" + *pag-, root of pangere "to fasten" (see
pact).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
propagation prop·a·ga·tion (prŏp'ə-gā'shən)
n.
Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction.
The act or process of propagating, especially the process by which an impulse is transmitted along a nerve fiber.
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