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Definition of Proliferation

1. Noun. Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts.

2. Noun. A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons). "The proliferation of nuclear weapons"

Definition of Proliferation

1. n. The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

Definition of Proliferation

1. Noun. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction. ¹

2. Noun. The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. ¹

3. Noun. The result of building up; buildup, accretion. ¹

4. Noun. The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proliferation

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Proliferation

proletarianize proletarianized proletarianizes proletarians proletariat proletariate proletariats proletaries proletary prolicide

prolifer proliferate proliferated proliferates proliferating proliferation (current term) proliferations proliferative proliferatively proliferator

proliferators proliferous prolific prolificacies prolificacy prolifically prolification prolificities prolificity prolifick

Literary usage of Proliferation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nuclear Legislation: Analytical Study : Regulatory and Institutional by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2000)
"proliferation and Physical Protection Australia has ratified the following international instruments in this field: • l968 Treaty on the Non,proliferation ..."

2. Nuclear Legislation, Analytical Study Nuclear Legislation, Analytical Study by Nea (1999)
"Non-proliferation and Physical Protection Austria has been a Party to the Treaty ... The legal basis for Austria's non-proliferation policy was established ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"Distinct proliferation of syncytium. Favorable course. Mrs. TV, 35 years, ... General proliferation. Case 4. largement of abdomen and some loss of flesh. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Evaluation of Anti-inflammatory Drugs Based upon the Inhibition of Matrix-Induced Ornithine Decarboxylase Activity during Connective Tissue proliferation ..."

5. The Digital Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation by Carol A. Meares (2000)
"Similarly, an extended breaking-in period for an employee increases the chance that a customer's project deadline will not be met. Product proliferation ..."

6. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"The importance of proliferation as a major risk factor may only become significant when it is liberated from the constraints imposed by apoptosis, ie, ..."

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