the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
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the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
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the movement of a wave through a medium
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Propagation \Prop`a*ga"tion\, n. [L. propagatio: cf. F. propagation.] 1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.
There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. --Ray.
2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. --Bacon.
Even as it is, we've learned that sex can be removed from propagation; all that is necessary is a laboratory with people in white coats.
The outer shells of the first 291 Boeing 737s, including that of the jet involved in the Aloha accident, were attached through a "cold bonding" process that safety officials now believe may lead to the propagation of cracks in the skin.
If forfeited, the birds would be used for propagation purposes, Ms. English said.