Proliferation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proliferation \Pro*lif`er*a"tion\, n.
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     1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue
        formation; cell formation. --Virchow.
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     2. (Zool.) The production of numerous zooids by budding,
        especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  proliferation
       n 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "proliferation":
     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