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pro·lif·er·a·tion
\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French prolifération, from proliférer to proliferate (from prolifère proliferous, from proli- + -fère -ferous) + -ation
1.
a. : rapid and repeated production of new parts or of buds or offspring (as in a mass of cells by a rapid succession of cell divisions or in a coral by the production of buds in quick succession)
b. : a growth so formed
2. : the action, process, or result of increasing by or as if by proliferation
< the proliferation of subjects taught — S.A.Rice >
< the proliferation of error — Norman Cousins >
< proliferation and fragmentation of parties — Geoffrey Sawer > |