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antipropagation

antipropagation adjective: preventing or opposing propagation.

Adjective

antipropagation (comparative more antipropagation, superlative most antipropagation)

  1. Preventing or opposing propagation.
    • Many more pools will, of course, be found; but, nevertheless, I infer that the amount of breeding surface per square mile of country is extremely small, so that antipropagation measures ought to be correspondingly cheap.1909, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Report of the Board of Regents: Volume 63

Forms of antipropagation

comparativemore antipropagation
superlativemost antipropagation

Origin of antipropagation

From anti- + propagation.

Questions about antipropagation

What does antipropagation mean?
Antipropagation means preventing or opposing propagation.
What part of speech is antipropagation?
Antipropagation is an adjective.

Words near antipropagation in the dictionary

  1. antipronation
  2. antipronograde
  3. antipropaganda
  4. antipropagandist
  5. antipropagandists
  6. antipropagation
  7. antiproperty
  8. antiprophet
  9. antiprophetic
  10. antiprophets
  11. antipropulsive

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