Category:Propagation

Prop`a*ga"tion, n. Etym: [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.