English Explanatory Dictionary

proliferation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. In particular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
  4. The result of building up; buildup, accretion.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-proliferation.wav /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/

Word forms

proliferation proliferations

Etymology

Borrowed from French prolifération.

Derived words

alloproliferation angioproliferation antiproliferation autoproliferation counterproliferation endoproliferation fibroproliferation horizontal proliferation hyperproliferation hypoproliferation immunoproliferation lymphoproliferation malproliferation myeloproliferation neuroproliferation non-proliferation nonproliferation osteoproliferation overproliferation proliferate proliferational proliferation therapy prolotherapy reproliferation underproliferation vasoproliferation vertical proliferation

Translations

Bulgarian: нарастване Czech: navyšování Czech: rozšiřování Czech: zvětšování Dutch: toename Dutch: vergroting Dutch: versterking Dutch: woekering Finnish: lisääntyminen German: Zunahme German: Verstärkung German: Vergrößerung German: Wucherung Greek: πολλαπλασιασμός Greek: αύξηση Greek: πλήθυνση Italian: proliferazione Russian: увеличе́ние Russian: рост Russian: пролифера́ция Slovene: večanje Slovene: dviganje Slovene: širjenje
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