propagation

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

propagation (countable and uncountable, plural propagations)

1. The multiplication or natural increase in a population.
2. The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number.
   1. (religion) The winning of new converts.
3. (physics) The act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave.
4. (genetics) The elongation part of transcription.

From Latin prōpāgātiōnem.

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propagation f (plural propagations)

1. propagation

• propager

• “propagation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.