propagation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

E-con'o-my, orderly system, Dis-sem'i-nat-ing, scattering for growth and propagation. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
He does not mention how Cynegils continued his propagation of the Gospel. — Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts, Rosalind Northcote
It was a mathe- matical presentation entitled, "Propagation Tendencies in Self Replicating Software". — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

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