propagator

From propagate +‎ -or.

propagator (plural propagators)

1. A person who disseminates news or rumour
2. A person who propagates plants
3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
4. (physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

• propagatrix

prōpāgātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of prōpāgō

• “propagator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propagator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin prōpāgātor.

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.paˈɡa.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: pro‧pa‧ga‧tor

propagator m pers (female equivalent propagatorka)

1. promoter, exponent, advocate

propagator m inan

1. (physics) propagator

• propagator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• propagator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French propagateur. By surface analysis, propaga +‎ -tor.

propagator m (plural propagatori)

1. spreader