proliferation

pro·lif·er·ate  (pr-lf-rt)

v. pro·lif·er·at·ed, pro·lif·er·at·ing, pro·lif·er·ates

v.intr.

1. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.

2. To increase or spread at a rapid rate: fears that nuclear weapons might proliferate.

v.tr.

To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

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[Back-formation from proliferation, the act of proliferating, from French prolifération, from prolifère, procreative : Latin prls, prl-, offspring; see proliferous + Latin -fer, -fer.]

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pro·lifer·ation n.

pro·lifer·ative adj.

pro·lifer·ator n.

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proliferation [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) rapid growth or reproduction of new parts, cells, etc.

2. rapid growth or increase in numbers

3. a great number done up in a proliferation of fancy frills

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	proliferation - growth by the rapid multiplication of parts growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
	2.	proliferation - a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons" increment, growth, increase - a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" non-proliferation, nonproliferation - the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons); "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"; "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals" non-proliferation, nonproliferation - the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons); "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"; "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals"

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proliferation

noun multiplication, increase, spread, build-up, concentration, expansion, extension, step-up (informal), escalation, intensification the proliferation of nuclear weapons

Translations

proliferation [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən] N → proliferación f
nuclear proliferation → proliferación f de armas nucleares

proliferation [prəʊˌlɪfəˈreɪʃ^ən] n → prolifération f

proliferation

n (in numbers) → starke Erhöhung; (of animals) → zahlreiche Vermehrung; (of nuclear weapons) → Weitergabe f; (of ideas) → Ausbreitung f, → Umsichgreifen nt; (of weeds) → Wuchern nt

proliferation [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃ/ən] n (see vb) → proliferazione f, prolificazione f

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proliferation [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃ/ən] n (see vb) → proliferazione f, prolificazione f