proliferation

proliferation
n
1. increase, augmentation, buildup, enlargement, expansion, extension; magnification, amplification; spread, spreading out, branching out; growth, waxing, swelling, inflation; elevation, raise, boost.
2. multiplication, doubling, duplication, redoubling, tripling, triplication, quadrupling, quadruplication, quintuplication, quintupling, sextupling, septupling, septuplication, octupling, decupling.
3. escalation, acceleration, intensification, concentration; snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing; mounting, rising, ascending; upsurge, upswing, shooting up, step-up; burgeoning, flourishing, booming, thriving.
4. propagation, breeding, generation, production; reproduction, procreation, engenderment; fructification, pullulation, fecundation, multiparity.

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  • Proliferation — means to cause to grow or increase rapidly. 1) To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. 2) To increase or spread at a rapid rate: fears that nuclear weapons might proliferate The word proliferation can… …   Wikipedia

  • Proliferation — Prolifération Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. En médecine, la prolifération est la division incontrôlée et excessive de cellules qui donne naissance à une tumeur. La plupart des cellules …   Wikipédia en Français

  • proliferation — 1867, formation or development of cells, from Fr. proliferation, from prolifere producing offspring, from L. proles offspring (see PROLIFIC (Cf. prolific)) + ferre to bear (see INFER (Cf. infer)). Meaning enlargement, extension, increase is from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Proliferation — Pro*lif er*a tion, n. [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. Virchow. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • proliferation — proliferation. См. пролиферация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • proliferation — 01. The [proliferation] of nuclear weapons endangers all life on our planet. 02. There has been a [proliferation] of English Second Language schools in our city over the last ten years, and students have to be careful to choose one that is… …   Grammatical examples in English

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  • Proliferation — Wildwuchs; Weiterverbreitung; Wucherung * * * Pro|li|fe|ra|ti|on1 〈f. 20〉 1. 〈Med.〉 Vermehrung von Gewebe, Wucherung 2. 〈Biol.〉 Missbildung von Blüten [<lat. proles „Nachkommenschaft“ + ferre „tragen“] Pro|li|fe|ra|tion2 〈[ rɛıʃən] f.; ; unz.〉 …   Universal-Lexikon

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