Dictionary Definition
proliferation
Noun
1 growth by the rapid multiplication of
parts
2 a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid
increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of
nuclear weapons" [ant: nonproliferation,
nonproliferation]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /pɹəˌlɪfəˈɹeɪʃən/, /pr@%lIf@"reIS@n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- the process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction
- the act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement
- the result of building up; buildup, accretion
- the spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them
Translations
the process by which an organism produces others
of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction
- Finnish: lisääntyminen
- Polish: rozprzestrzenienie
the act of increasing or rising; augmentation,
amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement
- Finnish: lisääntyminen
the result of building up; buildup,
accretion
the spread of biochemical, nuclear and other
weapons of mass destruction
Extensive Definition
The word proliferation can refer to:
- Nuclear proliferation
- Chemical weapon proliferation
- Cell proliferation
- The proliferative phase of wound healing
proliferation in German: Proliferation
proliferation in Dutch: Proliferatie
proliferation in Polish: Proliferacja
(ujednoznacznienie)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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