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Princeton's WordNet
proliferationnoun
growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
proliferationnoun
a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
"the proliferation of nuclear weapons"
Wiktionary
proliferationnoun
The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
proliferationnoun
The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
proliferationnoun
The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
proliferationnoun
The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
ChatGPT
proliferation
Proliferation refers to a rapid increase in numbers or rapid multiplication of parts or elements. It is often used in both biological and non-biological contexts such as cell proliferation, nuclear proliferation, or the proliferation of a particular idea or technology.
Webster Dictionary
Proliferationnoun
the continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation
Proliferationnoun
the production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
proliferation
The transfer of weapons of mass destruction, related materials, technology, and expertise from suppliers to hostile state or non-state actors.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of proliferation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of proliferation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of proliferation in a Sentence
What's really shocked us, since we started the company, is just the proliferation, particularly around health care, of hoax sites that are really in it for the money. They're in it for the ad revenue.
[ I ] f you have a civilian power plant that’s producing power legitimately and not a threat to proliferation, you could have as many as 190,000 or more centrifuges.
That is what guides our policies on nuclear non-proliferation, counter-terrorism and conflict prevention. We have to think about climate change the same way.
The trade of these items is morally unacceptable and only encourages the proliferation of counterfeits.
Many antigun politicians and members of the media have wrongly claimed that 3D printing technology will allow for the production and widespread proliferation of undetectable plastic firearms, regardless of what a person may be able to publish on the internet, undetectable plastic guns have been illegal for 30 years. Federal law passed in 1988, crafted with the NRA's support, makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive an undetectable firearm.
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- تكاثرArabic
- Sprossung, Verbreitung, Zunahme, Knospung, Verstärkung, VergrößerungGerman
- πολλαπλασιασμόςGreek
- ترویجPersian
- lisääntyminenFinnish
- proliférationFrench
- proliferazioneItalian
- 増殖Japanese
- multiplicatioLatin
- rozprzestrzenieniePolish
- proliferareRomanian
- пролиферация, размножение, увеличение, рост, распространениеRussian
- proliferácija, пролифера́цијаSerbo-Croatian
- širjenje, večanje, razmnoževanje, dviganjeSlovene
- förökningSwedish
- การงอกThai
- پھیلاؤUrdu
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