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propagation

[prop-uh-gey-shuhn] / ˌprɒp əˈgeɪ ʃən /




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Centuries of human intervention - selective breeding and propagation - have made the genetic background of many commercial orchids a "disaster", according to leading Dutch orchid breeding firm Floricultura.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

By contrast, the American propagation of individual rights and democracy has, from the beginning, supplemented and occasionally replaced such considerations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

"Spatially variable birefringence, that is, the difference in the propagation of different polarizations of light, acts like a synthetic magnetic field," explains Dr. Piotr Kapuściński of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

But someone in L.A. could have felt the “S” wave, in which bedrock oscillates perpendicular to the direction of the propagation of the wave, according to Page.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

I was ignorant of the inverse square law for light propagation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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