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proliferation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun proliferation has 2 senses
- proliferation(n = noun.process) Array - growth by the rapid multiplication of parts; Array is a kind of development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
- proliferation(n = noun.process) Array - a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons" is a kind of growth, increase, increment
Derived forms verb proliferate2, verb proliferate1
Antonyms: non-proliferation, nonproliferation
Derived forms verb proliferate2, verb proliferate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
proliferation, n.
- The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. Virchow. [1913 Webster]
- The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
proliferation
access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, begetting, bloating, boom, boost, breeding, broadening, buildup, burgeoning, crescendo, crossbreeding, development, dissogeny, edema, elevation, endogamy, engenderment, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, flood, fructification, gain, generation, greatening, growth, gush, hike, inbreeding, increase, increment, inflation, jump, leap, linebreeding, mounting, multiple, multiplication, multiplication table, multiplier, multiplying, outbreeding, procreation, production, productiveness, prolification, propagation, pullulation, raise, reproduction, rise, snowballing, spread, surge, swelling, tables, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing, widening, xenogamy
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