proliferation
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pro·lif·er·ate
(prə-lĭf′ə-rāt′)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.
[Back-formation from proliferation, the act of proliferating, from French prolifération, from prolifère, procreative : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see proliferous + Latin -fer, -fer.]
pro·lif′er·a′tion n.
pro·lif′er·a′tive adj.
pro·lif′er·a′tor n.
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proliferation
(prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən)n
1. (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.
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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" nonproliferation, non-proliferation - 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" nonproliferation, non-proliferation - 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
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proliferation
noun1. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind:
Obsolete: increase.
2. The act of increasing or rising:
3. The result or product of building up:
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proliferation
[prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən] N → proliferación fnuclear proliferation → proliferación f de armas nucleares
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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
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pro·lif·er·a·tion
n. proliferación, multiplicación en número por reproducción esp. de células similares.
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proliferation
n proliferación fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.