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propagatory

propagatory adjective: that leads to propagation.

Adjective

propagatory (not comparable)

  1. That leads to propagation
    • Standing, oscillating and propagatory oscillating shocks are produced due to centrifugal barrier of the advective component.2016, Sandip K. Chakrabarti, “Study of Accretion processes Around Black Holes becomes Science: Tell Tale Observational Signatures of Two Component Advective Flows”, in arXiv

Origin of propagatory

propagate + -ory

Questions about propagatory

What does propagatory mean?
Propagatory means that leads to propagation.
What part of speech is propagatory?
Propagatory is an adjective.

Words near propagatory in the dictionary

  1. propagations
  2. propagative
  3. propagatively
  4. propagator
  5. propagators
  6. propagatory
  7. propagatress
  8. propagatresses
  9. propagatrix
  10. propage
  11. propaged

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