1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by
generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or
plants.
There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by
propagation.
Ray.
2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion;
dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the
gospel. Bacon.
Prop"a*ga*tive (?), a. Producing by propagation, or by a process of
growth.
Prop"a*ga`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. propagateur.] One who propagates; one
who continues or multiplies.
||Pro*pag"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Propagula (#). [NL. See Propagate.] (Bot.)
||A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
Pro"pane (?), n. [Propyl + methane.] (Chem.) A heavy gaseous
hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally
dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called
also propyl hydride.
Pro*par"gyl (?), n. [Propinyl + Gr. &?; silver + -yl. So called because
one hydrogen atom may be replaced by silver.] (Chem.) Same as Propinyl.
Pro`par*ox"y*tone (?), n. [Gr. &?;. See Pro-, and Paroxytone.] (Gr.
Gram.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.
Pro"ped (?), n. [Pref. pro- + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoˆl.) Same as
Proleg.
Pro*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Propelling.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward + pellere to drive.
See Pulse a beating.] To drive forward; to urge or press onward by
force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships;
balls are propelled by gunpowder.
Pro*pel"ler (?), n.