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proliferation

/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

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What does proliferation mean?

noun

  1. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. In particular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
More meanings (1)

noun

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

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And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
This engorgement may lead to undue local nutrition, and diffuse growth and proliferation of the connective tissue may take place.
Anna M. (Anna Mary) GalbraithThe Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in HygieneProject Gutenberg ebook #4986
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In benign tumors the abnormal proliferation of cells takes place slowly, and they do not tend to immediate and rapid decay and deterioration.
Henry LindlahrNature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & CureProject Gutenberg ebook #4273
Just as the eighteenth century saw the rise and proliferation of political theories, the nineteenth witnessed the creation and development of the science of economics, which aimed to perfect an instrument for the study and analysis of an industrial society, and to offer a technique for the solution of the multifold problems it presented.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
The need for extreme vascularity of the corium is further explained when we call to mind the constant proliferation and casting off of the cells of the epidermis, the growth of the hairs, the production of the horn of the hoof, and the work performed by the numerous sweat and other glands.
H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) ReeksDiseases of the Horse's FootProject Gutenberg ebook #11204